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Knowledge editors should be assessing which way an animal was looking based on a feature like the placement of eyes! (also, "...spent a long time looking up" just seemed unprofessional and silly— that is also part of why I removed it). I hope that makes better sense. Any chance I can get you to change it back??
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You are right, and I should have been more clear. I guess I didn't think that this kind of edit required a real explanation. I removed the text saying that the animal "spent a long time looking up." This seemed like synthesis to me: the sources only indicate that it had eyes on the top of its
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