Impress your friends with these amazing eye facts.
An owl can see a mouse moving more than 150 feet away, with light no brighter than candlelight.
Mosquitoes can see into the infrared range, so humans appear to light up to them, even in the dark. To a mosquito at night, you look like a neon diner sign!
An ant has two eyes, each of which is made up of many smaller eyes. This type of eye is called a compound eye.
A worm has no eyes at all.
A chameleon’s eyes can look in different directions – at the same time!
An owl can see a mouse moving more than 150 feet away, with light no brighter than candlelight.
An ostrich eye is only two inches across, but it weighs more than its brain.
The giant squid has the largest eyeball on the face of the earth. At 18 inches across, it’s about the size of a beach ball.
2 thoughts to “Amazing Eye Facts”
I think that all of these eye facts are pretty cool, especially the one about the ant having a compound eye. I had no idea that an eye could be made up of smaller ones. Are there any other species on earth that have this compound feature as well?
Impress your friends with these amazing eye facts.
I think that all of these eye facts are pretty cool, especially the one about the ant having a compound eye. I had no idea that an eye could be made up of smaller ones. Are there any other species on earth that have this compound feature as well?
I believe most insects have compound eyes