![]() Last but not least, the winner in the range of vision event: the eagle. When the chameleon is ready to catch bugs, its eyes lock onto a single target and then it strikes with its long tongue. A chameleon’s eyes work like turrets, each one moving independently for an incredible combined 360° visibility. ![]() One of the animals with the widest field of vision and the fewest blindspots is the chameleon. These beautiful insects have a whopping 15 different types of cones: one stimulated by ultraviolet light, another by violet light, three by slightly different blue lights, one by blue-green light, four by green light, and five by red light. Most Superior Color Visionįrogs can see color in the dark, but the gold medal for best color vision has to go to the bluebottle butterfly. The reason they can do this is that they have two different types of rods, which create contrast just like our three types of cones. They might not be able to see as far or as sharply as owls, but they’re possibly the only animals that can see color in near total darkness. All of this allows them to spot small prey across long distances in very low light.Īn honorable mention in the night vision category should go to frogs. Finally, their swiveling heads give them 270° visibility. These nocturnal predators have large eyes with five times the rod density of human eyes and a tapetum lucidum on top of that. Thanks to the tapetum lucidum (a mirror-like layer behind the retinas that reflects light back and gives the retina a second chance to see something), sharks can see clearly even in dark or murky water, which is a big part of what makes them effective predators. We can see pretty well on land, but underwater, everything gets blurry fast. Who are our gold medal winners? Best Underwater Eyesight Instead of trying to identify one animal that has the best eyes overall, we’re breaking it up into categories: underwater vision, night vision, color vision, field of vision, and range of vision. Our world is filled with a staggering array of animal life, and today we’d like to take a closer look at some of the best eyes nature has to offer. ![]() Animal Kingdom Eyesight Olympics – Berea OH | Broad View Eye Center alarm-ringing ambulance angle2 archive arrow-down arrow-left arrow-right arrow-up at-sign baby baby2 bag binoculars book-open book2 bookmark2 bubble calendar-check calendar-empty camera2 cart chart-growth check chevron-down chevron-left chevron-right chevron-up circle-minus circle city clapboard-play clipboard-empty clipboard-text clock clock2 cloud-download cloud-windy cloud clubs cog cross crown cube youtube diamond4 diamonds drop-crossed drop2 earth ellipsis envelope-open envelope exclamation eye-dropper eye facebook file-empty fire flag2 flare foursquare gift glasses google graph hammer-wrench heart-pulse heart home instagram joystick lamp layers lifebuoy link linkedin list lock magic-wand map-marker map medal-empty menu microscope minus moon mustache-glasses paper-plane paperclip papers pen pencil pie-chart pinterest plus-circle plus power printer pushpin question rain reading receipt recycle reminder sad shield-check smartphone smile soccer spades speed-medium spotlights star-empty star-half star store sun-glasses sun tag telephone thumbs-down thumbs-up tree tumblr twitter user users wheelchair write yelp youtube
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