The eyes of many of the animals with whom we share our life on planet Earth are disturbingly threatening, such as big cats and some birds of prey – some other times though, they are engaging but puzzling as our pets, in whose sight we get to see their everyday mood. In most cases ...
Pupils operate like windows, with bigger ones letting more light into the eye. And a cat’s pupils can become up to 50% larger than human pupils in dim light. They also have a higher number of a specific type of light-sensing cell in the back of their eyes than we do. These cells...
the dusky leaf monkey is its circular rings around its eyes which give an appearance of a spectacle. Another characteristic feature includes its buffy crown and creamy patch over the mouth. These monkeys are similar to other species in their anatomy and thereby do not have many unique ...
Like all deer species, muntjacs have eyes placed on the sides of its skull, giving them a wide range of vision to spot predators. It also relies on its sense of smell to spot predators or to find females. Along with all the basic senses, the deer also uses a special sixth sense, kn...
Sitting on the top of its head, the tuatara has a third eye complete with retina, lens, and nerve endings that connect to its brain. Scientists previously thought the eye was used to watch out for predators above, but we’ve since learned that the creature can’t actually see out of ...
Dragonflies have big compound eyes with about 30,000 lenses in each eye that give them the sharpest vision of any animal. Dragonfly Sharkslive in all five ocean regions of our planet. There are about 500 species of sharks. Only about 10% of the shark species are known to ever have attac...
Macau Giant Panda Pavillion – A naturally unique zoo situated along a hillside and incorporating this natural habitat for the giant pandas inhabiting the large enclosure. Visitors can also experiencered pandasin a semi-natural environment along withgorillas,flamingos, andmonkeys. ...
Pandas have a white coat with black fur around their eyes, on their ears, muzzle, legs and shoulders. The unique physical features of the species include broad, flat molars and an enlarged wrist bone that functions as an opposable thumb - both of these adaptations are used for holding, crus...
Its ok to have your eyes on the stars so long as you have one foot on the ground. Those with a Penguin Totem find that they’re real team players. These people always seem to know what they want and how to get it by shear willpower, even if it takes time. In social realms ...
We Chinese people regard pandas as our national treasure, as they are unique to China. I remember clearly, the first time that I see this animal is when I visited Wolong Giant Panda National Reserve in Sichuang Province. You know, there are distinctive black patches around its eyes, over ...