Seeing in all directions…

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Chameleon Queen
“While one eye is busy accommodating, the chameleon’s other eye is in its rest state. Using this strategy, of dual attention-shifting, they can efficiently survey a much larger region of space than if restricted to using both eyes yoked together as a pair”…
https://www.opticianonline.net/content/features/animal-vision-seeing-in-all-directions/#:~:text=While one eye is busy,yoked together as a pair.


“During the experiments the researchers monitored and analyzed the chameleons' eyes movement, discovering for the first time that the lizard was capable of tracking two different targets at the same time”…
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-chameleoneyes-idUSKCN0SK26820151026/


“we found that once the chameleon made its decision about which target to fire on, it swivelled the second eye around to focus on the same simulated fly the first eye was locked on."
https://www.cnet.com/science/computer-game-for-chameleons-tests-their-telescopic-eyes/
 
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