Monitor lizard...
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(18)30206-9.pdf
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(18)30206-9.pdf
Four eyes?
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Boy oh boy----- Kinyonga you have to stop finding these articles.. Just kidding! Very interesting and now I have a question. Why do they call them a third and forth eye? I would understand more if they called them sensory organs. But, maybe the eye does not include the actual eye ball (think not) but not an expert.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
Klyde O'Scope
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Aww... it's extinct. What fun is that?
I thought maybe it was bicephalic.
I'll leave that up to you to find out!
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
I just asked the Missus if she would have preferred a bicephalic tortoise.
You shoulda seen the stinkeye I got!
You shoulda seen the stinkeye I got!
Lindasjackson
Chameleon Enthusiast
I believe it’s an organ that helps lizards detect night and day but I could be wrong. It’s not an actual eye ball but it is a sensory organ that senses light and dark I think.Boy oh boy----- Kinyonga you have to stop finding these articles.. Just kidding! Very interesting and now I have a question. Why do they call them a third and forth eye? I would understand more if they called them sensory organs. But, maybe the eye does not include the actual eye ball (think not) but not an expert.
Thanks again!
Maybe this thread will help...Boy oh boy----- Kinyonga you have to stop finding these articles.. Just kidding! Very interesting and now I have a question. Why do they call them a third and forth eye? I would understand more if they called them sensory organs. But, maybe the eye does not include the actual eye ball (think not) but not an expert.
Thanks again!
"the researchers covered the lizards' third eyes with paint or — in a later, more gruesome iteration — removed their third eyes altogether. In both cases, the lizards swam in random directions, no longer able to navigate at all"...
https://www.wired.com/2009/08/thirdeyesteering/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/thr...e-more-important-than-you-might-think.184011/
Before I read--- seems like it messes up their internal compass rather than vision.. Kind of like a turtle always returning to the beach it was born at or migration patters of butterflies when they never were there before..
I do like this kind of stuff.. I will read soon.
Thanks again!
I do like this kind of stuff.. I will read soon.
Thanks again!