Eyesight in the Animal Kingdom
-Hargrave Eye Center
Guinea pigs have their eyes
open when their born!
Most hamsters blink their eyes separately
Goats’ pupils are rectangular and they have a wide field of vision
A dragonfly can detect motion with its 30,000
lenses in its eyes
Owls are the only bird that can see blue.
The shark cornea is very similar to humans and is
used in human eye surgery
Snakes have a set of eyes to see, and another to detect
heat and movement.
Snakes have a thin membrane
covering their eyes and no eyelids
Camels have three eyelids to protect their eyes from
desert sand blowing.
The four-eyed fish can see both above and below water simultaneously
Owls move their heads around
because they can’t move their eyeballs
A scallop can detect predators with their 100 eyes!
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
Geckos can see colors in low light and much better
than humans
The eyes of a chameleon are
separate from each other and could look in different directions
Dogs don’t see red and green.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.