February 24, 2009

So You Think You Know? : Wildlife

Check out the fish Macropinna microstoma. It has tubular eyes and a see-through head.


The common name for the fish is "barreleyes." Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute investigators recently figured out why this species has such an unusual head. Its eyes can actually rotate within its "skull," so the transparency allows the wary swimmer to keep a literal eye on happenings above it, as well as to the sides and directly in front.

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