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When in breeding condition, the males' eyes turn red. After the female lays her eggs, the male fertilizes the eggs and aggressively defends the nest, eggs and fry from any intruder-including other females. Males are most commonly found defending the nest for up to five days later until the fry have hatched. [10]
Sisyrinchium is a large genus of annual to perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae.Native to the New World, the species are known as blue-eyed grasses. Although they are not true grasses (Poaceae), they are monocots.
The red-eye effect in photography refers to the common appearance of red pupils in color photographs of human eyes. It occurs when using a photographic flash at low lighting or at night. When a flash passes through the eyes and rebounds at the back of the eye, it causes a red reflex in an image, turning the subject's eyes red.
Cutting grass in southern Tasmania. Gahnia grandis originated in southern Australia. About 40 species are found in Australia, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. [6] The species is found particularly in Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria, [7] where it is native to areas such as the Gippsland plain, Wilsons Promontory, and Highlands-Southern Fall bioregions.
Olsynium douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the iris family ().Common names include Douglas' olsynium, [2] Douglas' grasswidow, [3] grass-widow, blue-eyed grass, purple-eyed-grass, and satin flower, [4] It is the only species in the genus Olsynium in North America, the remaining 11 species being from South America.
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The irises of human eyes exhibit a wide spectrum of colours. Eye color is a polygenic phenotypic trait determined by two factors: the pigmentation of the eye's iris [1] [2] and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris. [3]: 9
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