animals eyes

What Is The Tapetum Lucidum And What Does It Do?

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What Is The Tapetum Lucidum And What Does It Do? The tapetum lucidum is a biologic reflector system that is a common feature in the eyes of vertebrates. It normally functions to provide the light-sensitive retinal cells with a second opportunity for photon-photoreceptor stimulation, thereby enhancing visual sensitivity at low light levels. Why do cats

Can Animal Eyes Be Transplanted To Humans?

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Can Animal Eyes Be Transplanted To Humans? Early attempts read like the diary of Mary Shelley: implanting a dog’s eye into a rat’s groin, transplanting a rat’s eye onto the neck of another rat, plucking the eye of a sheep from one socket and placing it into the other. But never has a whole-eye transplant