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Yes, and I was thinking about its eyes. The human eyeball has diameter roughly equal to the entire length of this lizard, making its volume 10,000X larger than
by pitspotter 6y ago
Yes, and I was thinking about its eyes.
The human eyeball has diameter roughly equal to the entire length of this lizard, making its volume 10,000X larger than the lizard's eyeball.
OTOH, with a pupil that small, visual depth of field must be large. So perhaps the nano-chameleon doesn't need to do much in the way of focussing.
Small wonder they took so long to discover :-p
- pdpi 6y ago> OTOH, with a pupil that small, visual depth of field must be large. But the pupil is also small enough that diffraction is a major issue so their visual acuity is probably quite poor
- pitspotter 6y agoGood point. So it can also 'get away with' having tiny retinas, since there's less information available to resolve.