By John von Radowitz
The incredible footage shows that animals caught in its sights can avoid becoming its next meal by breaking off from the deadly gaze with a sharp sideways turn
A camera helmet fitted to a goshawk has revealed how the bird of prey uses eye contact to home in on its kill.
It shows how animals caught in its sights can avoid becoming its next meal by breaking off from the deadly gaze with a sharp sideways turn.
Shinta the goshawk was fitted with a bird's-eye-view camera for the experiment led by Dr Amador Kane, from Haverford College in Pennsylvania, US.
She said: "In our videos you could see that only the sideways motion was effective at breaking the visual fix.
"Maybe what they are trying to do is counter the sensory abilities of the predator.
"They are trying to take advantage of the way the predator does its visual guidance to escape."
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