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  2. The Fascinating Shape of a Sheep’s Pupils - AOL

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    The animals that we now call sheep were domesticated around 10,500 years ago from wild Asiatic ... Their rectangular pupils together with the position of their eyes on the side of their skull ...

  3. 100 animal trivia questions that will make you think - AOL

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    This animal's eyes changes color from gold in the summer to blue in the winter. Answer: Reindeer. ... These two farm animals have rectangular pupils. Answer: Sheep and goats.

  4. Pupil - Wikipedia

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    The pupil is a hole located in the center of the iris of the eye that allows light to strike the retina. [1] It appears black because light rays entering the pupil are either absorbed by the tissues inside the eye directly, or absorbed after diffuse reflections within the eye that mostly miss exiting the narrow pupil.

  5. Cephalopod eye - Wikipedia

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    In vertebrate eyes, the nerve fibers route before the retina, blocking some light and creating a blind spot where the fibers pass through the retina. In cephalopod eyes, the nerve fibers route behind the retina, and do not block light or disrupt the retina. 1 is the retina and 2 the nerve fibers. 3 is the optic nerve. 4 is the vertebrate blind ...

  6. Glass octopus - Wikipedia

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    Seen from the side, its eyes are rectangular. This cylindrical design, with the lens centered, results in a restricted horizontal field of vision, but is thought to be an adaptation that reduces the eye's silhouette when viewed from below as part of the animal's method of camouflage . [ 5 ]

  7. Feral goat - Wikipedia

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    Physically, both domestic and feral goats can be identified by their prominent straight horns (more prominent on male goats), rectangular pupils, and coarse hair. In addition, most domestic goats/feral goats weigh around 100–120 pounds (45–55 kg), with heavier goats tending to be wild goats.

  8. Compound eye - Wikipedia

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    Compound eye of a house centipede Compound eye of a dragonfly. A compound eye is a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans.It may consist of thousands of ommatidia, [1] which are tiny independent photoreception units that consist of a cornea, lens, and photoreceptor cells which distinguish brightness and color.

  9. Arthropod eye - Wikipedia

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    In some groups of animals whose ancestors originally were dichoptic, the eyes of modern species may be crowded together in the median plane; examples include many of the Archaeognatha. In extreme cases such eyes may fuse, effectively into a single eye, as in some of the Copepoda, notably in the genus Cyclops.