Tigers have round pupils, but domestic cats have vertical slits in the center of their eyes. What gives? A census of the shapes of animals' pupils suggests size and way of life each play a big role.

As part of that research, Banks and students had written briefly about “odd-shaped pupils” in the animal kingdom -- specifically, the vertical slits in the eyes of domestic cats and other ...

Why do some animals have vertical slits, while others have round pupils like ours? Discover how pupil shape is connected to an animal's predator-prey role, hunting habits, and time of activity. From ...

The shape of a cat's pupil has to do with their lifestyle habits, with nocturnal cats having more slit shaped pupils to help them see in low light. advertisement. Green Matters.

Rayna Bell, a herpetology expert and curator at the California Academy of Sciences, told Snopes it's true that some frogs have heart-shaped pupils, adding that the photo in question appears to be ...

The Wide World of Pupil Shapes; Pupil Shape in Predators and Prey. In a study published in 2015, vision scientist Martin Banks found that the shape of an animal’s pupils is a clue to its place ...

On Sept. 10, 2024, a claim spread on social media about the shape of goats' pupils. One Facebook user posted a meme that asked: "Have you ever noticed that goats have rectangular pupils?". The ...

Few people have spent time gazing into a sheep’s eyes, but if you have, you may have noticed something very strange about their pupils. Instead of being round, as is the case with humans, they ...

They did not find a significant correlation between pupil shape and the animals’ habits, except that aquatic anurans appeared to more often have circular pupils. Get a load of those peepers.

If you don't get it treated it can leave you with scar tissue that can make your pupil’s shape irregular. Medications That Affect the Pupils Some medications and illegal drugs can cause your ...