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Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Your orbits are similar. The hole is where the optic nerve goes. Image

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  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Not arguing with you, but what’s up with that “bone ring” they have in their orbit? We don’t have that.

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    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s a Scleral Ring and helps to keep the shape of the eye in fish, many reptiles, and birds. Fish don’t have round eyes (they’re shaped more like M&Ms or chocolate chips), and the ring helps support the shape when swimming. Most rings are just cartilage, but fast swimmers often have bony rings.

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      • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Thank you, I had no idea that reptiles and birds have eyeball rings, too.

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    • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Based on this angle, I think you might be more correct. I thought it was recessed.

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      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Awww he’s winking at me!

        How does my hair look?

        You think he’s into me?

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    • RotSteinFinke@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It’s a scleral ring. Lots of animals have that, many including humans don’t.

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