Slam Dunk! Why Giant Squid Sport Basketball-Size Eyes
volume," study researcher Sönke Johnsen, a biologist at Duke University, said in a statement. "The question is why. Why do giant squid need such large eyes?" Where'd you get those peepers? To find out, Johnsen and her colleagues first had to confirm the eyeinfo
Why giant squid sport basketball-size eyes
able examine the corpse of a colossal squid, an even larger species, from New Zealand. [Gallery: Stunning Squid] "Why do giant squid need such large eyes?" - Sönke Johnsen, a biologist at Duke University The examinations confirmed the squid eyes can get upinfo
Why giant squid have basketball-size eyes
times the diameter of any other animal, including behemoths of similar size , such as swordfish. "It doesn't make sense a giant squid and swordfish are similar in size, but the squid's eyes are proportionally much larger, three times the diameter and 27 timesinfo
Just How Big Are The Eyes Of A Giant Squid?
influence of the environment on eyes." Copyright 2012 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. This giant squid was caught about 10 miles offshore from Oahu, Hawaii in 1981. The pupil of its eye measured more than 3.5 inches across.info
Giant Eyes Help Colossal Squid Spot Glowing Whales
squid in ice; courtesy of Fir0002/Wikimedia Commons Giant and colossal squid can grow to be some 12 meters long. But that alone doesn’t explain why they have the biggest eyeballs on the planet. At 280 millimeters in diameter, colossal squid eyes are much biggerinfo
Giant Eyes Help Colossal Squid Spot Glowing Whales
squid in ice; courtesy of Fir0002/Wikimedia Commons Giant and colossal squid can grow to be some 12 meters long. But that alone doesn’t explain why they have the biggest eyeballs on the planet. At 280 millimeters in diameter, colossal squid eyes are much biggerinfo
Giant Eyes Help Colossal Squid Spot Glowing Whales
squid in ice; courtesy of Fir0002/Wikimedia Commons Giant and colossal squid can grow to be some 12 meters long. But that alone doesn’t explain why they have the biggest eyeballs on the planet. At 280 millimeters in diameter, colossal squid eyes are much biggerinfo
Giant Eyes Help Colossal Squid Spot Glowing Whales
squid in ice; courtesy of Fir0002/Wikimedia Commons Giant and colossal squid can grow to be some 12 meters long. But that alone doesn’t explain why they have the biggest eyeballs on the planet. At 280 millimeters in diameter, colossal squid eyes are much biggerinfo
Giant Eyes Help Colossal Squid Spot Glowing Whales
squid in ice; courtesy of Fir0002/Wikimedia Commons Giant and colossal squid can grow to be some 12 meters long. But that alone doesn’t explain why they have the biggest eyeballs on the planet. At 280 millimeters in diameter, colossal squid eyes are much biggerinfo
Giant Squid's Basketball-Size Eyes Have Sperm Whale Vision
there had to be some reason for their size, Nilsson thought. The team's models revealed that, what the colossal and giant squid's supersize pupils and retinas lacked in close-up vision they made up for with extreme farsightedness. The cephalopods are fine-tunedinfo