The bee has a compound eye. which is used for navigation. It has 15,000 facets that divide what it sees into a pattern of dots. or mosaic. With this hind of vision, the bee sees the sun only as a single dot, a constant point of reference. Thus. the eye is a superb navigational instrument that constantly measures the angle of its line of flight in relation to the sun. A bees eye also gauges flight speed. And if that is not enough to leave our 20/20 perfect vision paling into insignificance. the bee is capable of seeing something we cant-ultraviolet light. Thus,what humans consider to be perfect vision is in fact rather limited when we look at other species. However, there is still much to be said for the human eye. Of all the mammals, only humans and some primates can enjoy the pleasures of color vision.
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判断人的视力是否完好的标准是看他是否在看Snellen视力表的时候能毫无障碍地达到20/20的视力。测试值取决于从20英尺之外,你能看到多少行大小不一的字母。但是,即使我们能看到视力表的最底一行,和别的物种相比,那也不意味着拥有完美的视力。大多数的鸟类可能觉得我们在视力上都有缺陷。例如,鹰的视力非常锐利,当它盘踞在帝国大厦的楼顶时,它能看清在人行道上的一角硬币。它有如此好的视觉分辨能力,是因为它的视网膜上每平方毫米就有100万个圆锥细胞。在水中,人类是远视的;相比之下,俯冲到水里捉鱼的翠鸟在水上和水下都能看清景物,因为它的眼睛里有两个凹窝区域,这两个凹窝主要由具有视觉分辨能力的圆锥细胞组成。其中一个凹窝让飞翔在空中的翠鸟不时用一只眼瞳扫视水面的情况 这被称为单眼视觉。翠鸟一旦扎入水中,另一个凹窝也发挥功能,使它的双眼像双筒望远镜一样同时聚焦到猎物身上。青蛙的视力特点是它能感知像移动画面那样的物体。青蛙被称为 昆虫探测器 ,在它的眼睛里有一组高度发达的细胞,主要能够对移动的物体产生反应。所以,据说,如果青蛙坐在一片虫子的尸体旁,它看不到那些可以作为食物的虫干,最终会被饿死。
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