William Shakespeare wrote “the eyes are the window to your soul.”

But there is so much more to the eyeball then just soul-peeking.

Here are some fun facts about the most fascinating eyeballs in the animal world.

      Take a look!

Did you know?

• An owl can spot a mouse more than 150 feet away. They are also the only bird that can see the color blue.
• Scorpions have more than 12 eyes.
• The box jellyfish has 24 eyes!
• A worm has no eyes at all!
• Guinea pigs are born with their eyes open (unlike most animals that are born with their eyes closed).
• Most hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
• Goats have rectangular-shaped pupils. This gives them a wider field of vision.
• The owl cannot move its eyeballs. That’s why it can move its head almost all the way around its body.
• Dragonflies have over 30,000 lenses in their eyes. This makes them very difficult to catch.
• Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
• The scallop has around 100 eyes around the edge of its shell. This helps them detect predators.
• The Colossal Squid has the biggest eyes on the planet. They each measure 106 inches across.
• The eye of the ostrich is bigger than its brain.
• Mantis shrimp has four times as many color receptors than we do. Plus, it can see ultraviolet light.
• Pigeons can see millions of different hues, giving them better color vision than most animals on Earth.

A honeybee’s eye is made of thousands of small lenses. The drone may have up to 8,600, while the queen bee can have 3,000 to 4,000 lenses.

• Each eye of the chameleon can look in a different direction.

Who knew eyes could be so fascinating?

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