Who's eye is this? number 3
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MarkH
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Swimming scallop?Uncle Pug:
MarkH
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Oops. Someone beat me to it.ToddMH:
Can you give us something hard, please.
OP
Shoot.... you guys are good! I quit:
Ah, man. I was kind of proud of my answer. It may be the novice in me showing through...Rick Inman:
Here's a little tidbit about scallop eyes: although they look (a bit freakishly) a lot like our own eyes, they're biologically quite distinct. Scallop eyes actually use a concave reflector to focus the image (sort of a biological mirror, not unlike that in some telescopes) instead of a convex lens like our own.
-Todd
OP
Cool Todd... thanks for the info. I'm going to have to go after one with my under water ophthalmoscope!ToddMH:
BTW: Rick, you were on that dive and even saw that same picture on my computer screen... so it should have been easy for you.
And you should be.ToddMH:
UP has been showing off his scallop eyes to me lately or I wouldn't have known.
OP
I have a bunch of cool ones from that dive. Some of them are in focus too.
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