Showing posts with label Weird Sea Mollusk Has Hundreds of Eyes Made of Armor. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Weird Sea Mollusk Has Hundreds of Eyes Made of Armor











A sea mollusk called a chiton is equipped with hundreds of eyes (shown here in this light micrograph) made out of the mineral aragonite, the same stuff from which its armor is made.
A marine mollusk built like a tiny tank can see with eyes made of the same material as its armor