From Gretchen Lally
Eastern Red Screech Owl comes back home just before sunrise after hunting all night... her pupils are completely dilated, to let the most light in for hunting
Dilated Pupils
From Gretchen Lally
Eastern Red Screech Owl comes back home just before sunrise after hunting all night... her pupils are completely dilated, to let the most light in for hunting
14 Comments
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 193d
Imagine if humans had eyes like that
(Warning: image is slightly haunting) https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7bda2dce-adf8-4434-9141-6db7b6623679.png
anon6789@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 193d
The comparison I saw the other week said we would have grapefruit sized eyes. My head feels heavy just thinking about it!
RedWheelbarrow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 194d
Hmm full dilation!
anon6789@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 193d
BONK 😜
RedWheelbarrow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 193d
I'm making one right now!
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 193d
Im surprised we dont see its retinas, seeing mow much light must be getting in
anon6789@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 193d
Hmm...I wonder if we'd just get glare from the tapetum without equipment. That's the membrane at the back of the eye that we see glow in the eyes of dogs/cats/deer/etc. It gives a wider area of the retina the ability to make use of available light in low light conditions.
On a side note, I did find a pic of an owl retina and it looks like Jupiter getting hit by a huge meteor! I'm not great on eye anatomy, but I believe the funny looking black part is the macula.
marron12@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 192d
Fascinating. If you hadn't said that's an eye, I might have guessed it was something from space.
anon6789@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 192d
Very deep space or deep ocean vibes. Also vaguely looks like an octopus eye.
marron12@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
Yeah, for sure. Or something from Futurama.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 193d
Red screechie is my favorite flava of screechie.
anon6789@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 193d
That seems to be the consensus here that red is best.
I think I tend to focus more on how they blend in to their background rather than the actual color. I guess that puts me on team invisible Screech is best.
C1pher@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 192d
Beautiful owl, as always :)
anon6789@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 192d
This one is exceptionally cute! 🥰