Mindful kids: Five coolest eyes in the animal kingdom
HEY kids! About 540 million years ago, creatures started evolving eyes to act as simple light detectors. Today, however, eyes are one of the most important body parts for many creatures, including us humans. Some eyes are incredibly cool and unique. Here is a list of five creatures with the coolest eyes in the world. …
DRAGONFLY: With eyes big enough to act like a helmet on their heads, it’s no surprise that dragonflies have a very good sense of sight. They also have 360-degree vision, are great at detecting different colours and can see polarised light.
HEY kids! About 540 million years ago, creatures started evolving eyes to act as simple light detectors.
Today, however, eyes are one of the most important body parts for many creatures, including us humans. Some eyes are incredibly cool and unique.
Here is a list of five creatures with the coolest eyes in the world.
MANTIS SHRIMP: Not actually a shrimp, but a crustacean, this creature has the most complex eyes of all. Whereas humans have three colour receptors in their eyes, mantis shrimp have 12. They can also see ultraviolet, polarised and infrared light.LEAF-TAILED GECKO: These incredible-looking creatures have eyes to match. They look like marbles. This helps them disguise themselves better. Leaf-tailed geckos have eyesight 350 times better than ours, making it one of the best pairs of eyes in the world. They have no eyelids, just protective membranes which they clean with their tongues.CHAMELEON: These colourful reptiles have 360-degree vision. Their eyelids are fused to their eyeballs and can also change colour, giving them even better camouflage abilities. They have very sharp eyesight and can even see ultraviolet light.TARSIER: This is the only primate that is fully predatorial, even though it looks like a cute and harmless animal. They have enormous eyes compared to the rest of their body – the biggest eyes relative to body size of all mammals. Each eye weighs more than its brain!DRAGONFLY: With eyes big enough to act like a helmet on their heads, it’s no surprise that dragonflies have a very good sense of sight. They also have 360-degree vision, are great at detecting different colours and can see polarised light.
