Interactive Audio Thread No 7 - Hilo de audio interactivo 7 The eye of the Peacock Mantis Shrimp / El ojo del camarón mantis
For those of you who have not yet participated in our audio thread this link will give you instructions on how to record and upload an audio file
The aim of this thread is to practice speaking the language which we are learning and be corrected by native speakers. I shall be correcting the English recordings and Lazarus will correct the Spanish versions.
(PD due to the popularity of this thread and the number of participants Cogumela has kindly jumped in to help get through all the Spanish recordings which is a massive task - a special thanks to you too Cogu! 
If you are a native speaker and feel that you could help on any upcoming audio threads please PM me as I'm starting to think that each thread could do with an army of reviewers! )
As there are so many English speakers joining in, this is a very labour intensive job for the Spanish speaker - as you know Julián has worked very hard on these threads and now Lazarus has kindly agreed to do this one - so please recognize and appreciate the time and effort that goes into such feedback - apply it and make the most of it and please show your appreciation by your comments and votes for Lazarus on this thread and Julián on the others.
Please feel free to add a second recording incorporating any suggestions which you are given to show your improvement
Read the following information slowly and clearly and upload it along with your name, the country where you live and your level in the language you have recorded in.
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The Eye of the Peacock Mantis Shrimp
The peacock mantis shrimp, found on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, is equipped with the most complex eyesight in the animal kingdom. It can perceive polarized light and process it in ways that humans cannot do.
Unlike other creatures, this mantis shrimp not only sees polarized light in both its straight-line and corkscrew forms but is also able to convert the light from the one form to the other. DVD players work in a similar way, but while the DVD player only converts red light - or in higher-resolution players, blue light - the shrimp's eye can convert light in all colours of the spectrum. What's particularly exciting is how beautifully simple it is. It works much, much better than any attempts that we've made to construct a device. What do you think? Is the remarkable eye of the peacock mantis a product of chance or was it designed?
(excerpt from the November 2010 'Awake' magazine)
Para todos aquellos que aun no han participado en nuestro hilo de audio, este hilo les dará las instrucciones para grabar y subir un archivo de audio.
El propósito de este hilo es practicar, hablando el lenguaje que estamos aprendiendo y siendo corregidos por los nativos en dicho idioma. Yo estaré corrigiendo las grabaciones en español y Kiwi estará corrigiendo las grabaciones en inglés.
Por favor, sientanse libres de agregar una segunda grabación incorporando algunas de las sugerencias que se te dieron para mostrar tu mejora 
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Lee la siguiente información lenta y claramente, despues sube el archivo. Recuerda que el formato en el comentario debe ser de la siguiente manera:
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El ojo del camarón mantis
El camarón mantis, un crustáceo que habita en la Gran Barrera de Arrecifes de Australia, está dotado de la vista más compleja de todo el reino animal. Es capaz de percibir la luz polarizada y procesarla de muchas maneras que el ojo humano no puede hacer.
A diferencia de otras criaturas, este camarón no solo percibe la luz polarizada en ambas formas, línea recta y espiral, sino que es capaz de convertirlas de un tipo a otro. Los aparatos de DVD funcionan de una manera parecida. Pero mientras que un DVD estándar solo convierte la luz roja - o en aparatos de mayor resolución, la luz azul -, el ojo del camarón mantis puede convertir luz de todos los colores del espectro visible. Resulta particularmente emocionante lo sencillísimo que es. Funciona mucho mejor que ninguno de los prototipos que hemos construido. ¿Qué piensa? ¿Es el extraordinario ojo del camarón mantis producto de la casualidad, o del diseño?
De la revista ¡Despertad! Noviembre 2010
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