Why do the eyes of some animals, including goats, have horizontal-shaped pupils, while others, such as rattlesnakes and domestic cats, have vertical slits? It is a question that has longed intrigued ...

Blurry vision sounds like a reason to visit an eye doctor. But visual fuzziness might actually help some animals catch dinner. Out-of-focus areas created by vertically elongated pupils help predators ...

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... Eye Shapes Of The Animal World Hint At Differences ...

Why do the eyes of some animals, including goats, have horizontal pupils, while others, such as rattlesnakes and domestic cats, have vertical slits? It is a question that has longed intrigued ...

(via TEDEd) Peering into the eyes of different animals, you’ll see some extraordinarily shaped pupils. House cats, for one, are twilight hunters with vertically elongated pupils. Many grazing animals, ...

Cats have some of the most unique eyes in the animal world: Instead of having circular pupils like humans, the black parts in the centers of their eyes are vertical — which can adapt quickly and can ...

The shape of pupils could provide significant advantages to predators and prey out in the wild, a new study concludes. Needs of the animal could dictate whether the species has vertical or horizontal ...

BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 7 (UPI) --Want to distinguish between predator and prey? Look to the eyes. According to a new study out of the University of California, Berkley, an animal's eye shape is ...

Berkeley -- While the eyes may be a window into one's soul, new research led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the pupils could also reveal whether one is a hunter ...

Take a close look at a house cat's eyes and you'll see pupils that look like vertical slits. But a tiger has round pupils — like humans do. And the eyes of other animals, like goats and horses, have ...

There’s a reason why the domestic cat’s pupil has its distinctive, vertical slitted shape and the grazing goat’s its horizontal, flattened look. In both cases, the eye’s shape has evolved to help its ...