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Glaucoma is a progressive condition the eye causes damage to the optic nerve. [7] The damage to the optic nerve is usually caused by intraocular pressure [8] of the eye being elevated. Glaucoma can be seen in dogs, and less commonly, cats. Treatment [9] can be in the form of ocular medication, like prescription eye drops.
They have no eyes. As in some other arachnids, the first pair of legs is modified to serve as sensory organs, and are held clear of the ground while walking. Often, however, palpigrades use their pedipalps for locomotion, so that the animal appears to be walking on five pairs of legs. [ 6 ]
Pulmonoscorpius is an extinct genus of scorpion from the Mississippian (Early Carboniferous) of Scotland.It contains a single named species, Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis.It was one of the largest scorpions to have ever lived, with the largest known individual having an estimated length exceeding 70 cm (28 inches).
The Javanese people of Indonesia call this constellation Banyakangrem ("the brooded swan") [17] or Kalapa Doyong ("leaning coconut tree") [18] due to the shape similarity. In Hawaii, Scorpius is known as the demigod Maui 's Fishhook [ 19 ] or Ka Makau Nui o Māui (meaning the Big Fishhook of Māui ) and the name of the fishhook was Manaiakalani .
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Charles Darwin wrote of the interaction between size and complexity of invertebrate brains: . It is certain that there may be extraordinary activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter; thus the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head.
Paruroctonus boreus, commonly known as the northern scorpion, [1] [2] [3] is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae. It is the northernmost species of scorpion, the only scorpion found in Canada , [ 3 ] and one of the scorpions with the broadest distribution over North America .
Akrav israchanani was an eyeless, brown, troglobitic scorpion of about 50mm in length first described from only 20 dry, cuticular remains of hollow carcasses. [1] The combinations of characteristics was unusual enough for the scorpion to be placed in its own, monotypic family, however this has been called into question by later researchers.