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A comment on Children of a Thailand tribe who see with clarity beneath the waves (2016).

Re:Children of a Thailand tribe who see with clarity beneath... by Rapzid on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:08PM (#20835144)
TLDR; Children's visual acuity underwater increases with practice. There appears to be nothing special about the Moken children other than their time spent underwater using their eyes.
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Re:Children of a Thailand tribe who see with clarity beneath... by metaphor on Thursday August 29, 2019 @10:07PM (#20835423)
> She did notice, however, that the European kids would experience red eyes, irritated by the salt in the water, whereas the Moken children appeared to have no such problem.
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Re:Children of a Thailand tribe who see with clarity beneath... by Rapzid on Thursday August 29, 2019 @10:53PM (#20835608)
That's just an observation and is there is nothing in the article to indicate it's not covered under "other than their time spent underwater using their eyes" is there?

The title of the research paper is "Visual training improves underwater vision in children".

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Re:Children of a Thailand tribe who see with clarity beneath... by SECProto on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:14PM (#20835691)
That's a pretty bizarre basis for differentiation - I grew up swimming in the ocean, eyes wide open. never once did I get red eyes. Chlorine in pools is a different story.
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Re:Children of a Thailand tribe who see with clarity beneath... by mschuster91 on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:22AM (#20836746)
It's not just salt, it's other pollutants. The difference between swimming in clear Croatian beaches and the average German (or Italian) waterbody is noticeable.
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