The amazing diversity in the Animal World (tirrachana loka in Buddhist cosmology) is difficult to fathom. Its variety is staggering. Imagine a fish that could see through its own head. The barreleye (Macropinna micro-stoma) is a small fish that lives in the pitch-black of the deep sea. Its eyes can look forward or rotate up to see through its transparent head. Video narrated by Bruce Robison (Credit: MBARI; LiveScience.com).Monday, March 2, 2009
Animal World: Seeing through your head
The amazing diversity in the Animal World (tirrachana loka in Buddhist cosmology) is difficult to fathom. Its variety is staggering. Imagine a fish that could see through its own head. The barreleye (Macropinna micro-stoma) is a small fish that lives in the pitch-black of the deep sea. Its eyes can look forward or rotate up to see through its transparent head. Video narrated by Bruce Robison (Credit: MBARI; LiveScience.com).
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