▲ 1091 ▼ confused flatfish noises (mander.xyz) submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 117 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago (3 children) Wrong, all birds of prey have front-facing eyes, not only owls permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago* (2 children) Haha, I'm not a bird person and didn't bother to look it up. Thanks for the correction! Although they still don't look fully front-facing like e.g. in cats, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) Well, better as front-faces, the capability to focus on a point in front, since a 3D vision is essential for a predator, to be able to accurately calculate distances. Insects and arthropods often combine side and frontal vision, if they are predators, obtaining a vision in practically 360º, for example dragonflies and also jumping spiders or hunters, these usually have two large eyes in front and 6 smaller side eyes. Chameleons solve this with eyes that can move independently, only focusing on the front before the attack. In small animals a wide field of vision is necessary, even if they are predators, since they themselves appear on the menu of others. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago Hm, in small animals my previous point of a 2D vs 3D space is also valid. Large land prey animals "only" have to look from side to side to spot predators. Small animals have to look in all 3 dimensions, like sharks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago* (2 children) Haha, I'm not a bird person and didn't bother to look it up. Thanks for the correction! Although they still don't look fully front-facing like e.g. in cats, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) Well, better as front-faces, the capability to focus on a point in front, since a 3D vision is essential for a predator, to be able to accurately calculate distances. Insects and arthropods often combine side and frontal vision, if they are predators, obtaining a vision in practically 360º, for example dragonflies and also jumping spiders or hunters, these usually have two large eyes in front and 6 smaller side eyes. Chameleons solve this with eyes that can move independently, only focusing on the front before the attack. In small animals a wide field of vision is necessary, even if they are predators, since they themselves appear on the menu of others. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago Hm, in small animals my previous point of a 2D vs 3D space is also valid. Large land prey animals "only" have to look from side to side to spot predators. Small animals have to look in all 3 dimensions, like sharks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) Well, better as front-faces, the capability to focus on a point in front, since a 3D vision is essential for a predator, to be able to accurately calculate distances. Insects and arthropods often combine side and frontal vision, if they are predators, obtaining a vision in practically 360º, for example dragonflies and also jumping spiders or hunters, these usually have two large eyes in front and 6 smaller side eyes. Chameleons solve this with eyes that can move independently, only focusing on the front before the attack. In small animals a wide field of vision is necessary, even if they are predators, since they themselves appear on the menu of others. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago Hm, in small animals my previous point of a 2D vs 3D space is also valid. Large land prey animals "only" have to look from side to side to spot predators. Small animals have to look in all 3 dimensions, like sharks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago Hm, in small animals my previous point of a 2D vs 3D space is also valid. Large land prey animals "only" have to look from side to side to spot predators. Small animals have to look in all 3 dimensions, like sharks permalink fedilink source parent