Cataracts in the 13-lined ground squirrel (IMAGE)

NIH/National Eye Institute

Cataracts in the 13-lined ground squirrel

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Study researchers observed that in the 13-lined ground squirrel, a cataract (red arrow) formed in the animal as it hibernated at low temperatures. The cataract, which is a clouding of the eye's lens, cleared after the animal was rewarmed

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Wei Li, Ph.D.

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