Scientists are always wondering about something, and Dr. Lee R. Dice of the University of Michigan got to wondering about owls. He wondered whether the owl was really such a traditionally wise old bird, whether it could find its way home in the darkwhether, in fact, it was all it was cracked up to be. Dr. Dice built a light-tight "reaction room." There was a perch near the top and a dim, adjustable light. He put a dead mouse on the sand-covered floor, shut an owl inside, and waited for results.
Sometimes the owl found the mouse, sometimes it didn't. By...
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