BIOL-4717EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: River Dolphin, Thermography, Fossorial
4 Mar 2019
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Hind wings have tails on them, with eye spots f. Nocturnal, most visual cues are black and white, little color. Can see colors, eyes towards front and have 3d vision, can see farther, incredible vision. Black/white, rats cattle, sheep, goats, rhinos, deers, owls, horses, dogs. Primates- spider monkey (in the new world jungle) considered primitive, can"t see red (like red green blindness) Can identify 250 pure colors, 1700 shades, 300 shades of grey. Vision on side of head, when you eat grass you don"t need vision on the front. Eyes on side, their ability to see behind them, side them, etc. Water is high in silt, dolphins lost vision. Virtually all our cells can bioluminest, wavelength in a healthy cell is different than a cancerous cell. Female sits in grass or vegetation and not flying around flashing, males are. Male flash last 0. 06 seconds every 5. 7 seconds. As male approach 10-14 feet, female may respond if interested, sexual selection.
