Why the Bird With Bright Plumage Cataract-Prone?

We can find a bird's eye health through his fur color. Recent studies show a red feathered bird, orange, or brown eyes are more likely to suffer damage.

The scientists discovered the link after analyzing the eyepiece 81 species of birds. The results showed brightly colored feathers of birds, like robins, tend to be more prone to cataracts, a disease that causes the cloudy lens of the eye that impair vision.

Robin Bird. (Picture from: http://birdsflight.com/)

They do not explain how the fur color affect up cataracts least in birds. But Ismael Galvan of Paris-Sud University, France, said the new findings in these birds may have implications for other species, including humans.

"Vision is the most important senses for birds. Birds with cataracts tend to have limited capability for hunting, foraging, or see the signs used in communication," said Galvan, who led the study.

The findings, published in the journal Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology of this latest study is the first study to cataract disease in wild animals.

Professor Graham Martin, an expert on bird vision of the University of Birmingham, UK, claimed association with the coat color of eye damage in birds have never realized before. Therefore, great efforts need to compare different species of birds following their medical condition.

The eyes are the first organ to deteriorate when the bird died. "I've seen cataracts in birds, but never know what kind of spread across different species," says Martin. *** [BBC | NATURE | MAHARDIKA SATRIA HADI | KORAN TEMPO 3863]

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