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What advantage does binocular vision provide for primates?

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Binocular vision has the disadvantage of a smaller field of view, but the advantage of much greater depth perception, or the ability to distinguish the distance of an object. Binocular vision also allows for stereopsis, or the ability to view the world in three dimensions. Prey animals tend to have monocular vision.

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