(More) Animals with the Most Prolific Eyes II

The eyes is one of the most important sense of organs. It is through the eyes that one sees the beauty of nature, Thus, the famous saying - "beauty is on the eye of the beholder".

Atlantic Giant Squid

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Giant Squid, specifically the Atlantic Giant Squid is believed to possess the largest eyes of all creatures in the world. The size of its eye is over 30 centimeters or 1 ft in diameter. It is thought the Giant Squid cannot see in color, but they can probably discern small differences in tone, which is important in the low light conditions of the deep ocean.

Vampire Squid

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The creature with the largest eyes in the animal kingdom in proportion to its size is the Vampire Squid. The limpid and globular eyes are 2.5 cm or 1 inch in diameter. This creature has a maximum 30 cm or 1 ft in total body length.

Frogs

Many species of frogs have amazingly large and stunning eyes.

Red-eyed Tree frog (Litoria chloris)

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The Litoria chloris has golden eyes at the centre, which change to red towards the edge of the eye. The intensity of the eye color is variable between frogs.

Boophis anjanaharibeensis

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Malabar Flying Frog

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Albino Pacman Frog (Ceratophrys ornata)

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This species of frog with a very unusual eye colors is an Albino Pacman Frog.

Leptopelis parkeri

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Red Eye Tree Frogs (Agalychnis callidryas)

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Red-eyed Tree Frogs, as its name states, has bold red eyes with vertically narrowed pupils.

Snails

Snails bear tentacles on their heads where the eyes are carried on the first set of tentacles called ommatophores or more informally "eye stalks" which are usually roughly 75% of the width of the eyes.

White-lipped Snail

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Giant East African Snail

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Stalk-eyed Fly

Stalk-eyed flies are insects distinguished by the possession of "eyestalks" that project from the sides of the head with the eyes at the end.

Stalk-eyed Fly

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Teleopsis dalmanni

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Dragonfly

A Dragonfly is characterized by multifaceted eyes. A compound eye may consist of thousands of individual photoreception units. The image perceived is a combination of inputs from the numerous ommatidia (individual "eye units"), which are located on a convex surface, thus pointing in slightly different directions.

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Southern Hawker

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Red-veined Darter

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Telescope Octopus

Creatures with tubular eyes appear to be wearing exaggerated goggles. Tubular eyes are aimed in the same direction (binocular vision) and may be directed straight ahead or directly upward.

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This deep sea creature commonly called Telescope Octopus (Amphitretus pelagicus) is found in the Indo-Pacific tropical regions. It is transparent, almost colorless and has 8 arms. It is the only octopus to have tubular eyes, hence its common name.

Owls

Owls have large forward-facing eyes. Although owls have binocular vision, their large eyes are fixed in their sockets, as with other birds, and they must turn their entire head to change views.

Spectacled Eyes Owl

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Northern White-faced Owl

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Barking Owl

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Eastern Screech Owl

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Indian Eagle Owl

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Owls are far-sighted, and are unable to see anything clearly within a few inches of their eyes. Their far vision, particularly in low light, is exceptionally good.

Snowy Owl

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So you thought all owls have large eyes that make them look creepy. Well, not with the photo of this Snowy Owl. This owl appears to be laughing and have small slanted eyes.

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For animals with the largest body parts see

Animals with the Most Prolific Body Parts

Animals with the Most Prolific Eyes