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The eye-catching fish is not the only animal named for Tolkien’s Dark Lord. A genus of butterflies was found in May 2023 with spots that looked like eyes on its wings, reminding researchers of ...
Binomial name. Argopecten gibbus. ( Linnaeus, 1767) Argopecten gibbus, the Atlantic calico scallop, is a species of medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This species was once the basis of an important fishery, but in recent years catches have been low. [1]
Eyestalk ablation. The eyestalks of female shrimp are often removed (ablated) to improve reproduction. The red dotted line indicates the location on a shrimp where the eye stalk is cut or cauterised during ablation. Eyestalk ablation is the removal of one (unilateral) or both (bilateral) eyestalks from a crustacean.
Blepharospasm is a neurological disorder characterized by intermittent, involuntary spasms and contractions of the orbicularis oculi (eyelid) muscles around both eyes. These result in abnormal twitching or blinking, and in the extreme, sustained eyelid closure resulting in functional blindness.
Doja Cat. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Doja Cat spiced up the 2024 Grammys red carpet in an eccentric ensemble. The 28-year-old singer rocked a sheer gown at the awards ...
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In vertebrate eyes, the nerve fibers route before the retina, blocking some light and creating a blind spot where the fibers pass through the retina. In cephalopod eyes, the nerve fibers route behind the retina, and do not block light or disrupt the retina. 1 is the retina and 2 the nerve fibers. 3 is the optic nerve. 4 is the vertebrate blind ...
Vision in toads. The eye of a toad. The neural basis of prey detection, recognition, and orientation was studied in depth by Jörg-Peter Ewert in a series of experiments that made the toad visual system a model system in neuroethology (neural basis of natural behavior). He began by observing the natural prey catching behavior of the common ...