Indeed, who owns the biggest eyes in the world? Most will start to guess: a whale, a sperm whale ... Not the most far-sighted ones will remember an elephant. But no, these giants are not the owners of the "most-most" eyes. The largest eyes in the world has a giant squid, which lives mainly at great depths.
His organs of vision, having a diameter of up to twenty-eight (!) Centimeters, allow him from afar to consider the danger in the twilight of the oceanic strata. There is someone to fear this predator. The largest of the toothed whales - sperm whales - are not averse to feasting on this marine predator. Nothing can contrast the squid with them, so there is only one option for getting rid of the giant’s teeth: escape by flight. And for this we must first notice the danger.
According to biologists, a giant squid at a depth of five hundred meters can notice a sperm whale at a distance of one hundred and twenty meters. The largest eyes in the world could appear in an animal living in just such conditions. For gloomy ocean depths, this is a rather large distance, giving a chance for salvation.
However, it was to be expected that the inhabitants of the twilight would have the largest eyes in the world. Remember the nocturnal animals. Those who are not equipped, like bats, with a natural “locator”, will certainly have disproportionately large eyes that are better suited for night.
However, the issue of the presence of proportionality or lack thereof is the subject of idle discussion. Nature in itself is rational, and if the animals have eyes, in our opinion, too large, it just means that they became such in the process of evolution.
But the enemy of the squid - the sperm whale - does not need such big eyes. In the process of evolution, he developed another device for detecting food at a great distance - the "sonar", which is approximately the same in principle of action as in bats. Interestingly, in the dispute between the natural locator and large eyes, the locator wins. About three quarters of the diet of the sperm whale are squids. Only complete fertility saves them from complete destruction.
The world's largest eyes, in proportion to body size, belong to the Philippine tarsier. With this record, the animal even got into the Guinness Book of Records. This small animal (body length up to ten centimeters), as you might guess, leads a nocturnal lifestyle.
What are the largest eyes in the world in humans - is not known for certain.
It is clear that representatives of the
Mongoloid race can hardly claim the title of owner of the largest eyes. Some sites point to the American Kim Goodman, who through some manipulation gained the ability to roll out his eyes for eleven (!) Millimeters. The sight is not pleasant. Others argue that the largest “natural” eyes are those of the
Ukrainian model Masha Telnaya. Whether this is so in fact, or publications - only exercises of jaundice-hungry journalists, is unknown.
Big eyes are not always beautiful and not always a sign of health. For example, one of the symptoms of thyroid disease (bazedovy disease) are bulging eyes. The disease is quite common. She suffered from time immemorial. For example, it is believed that Emperor Commodus, the last of the Antonin dynasty, was ill with her. This is evidenced by his sculptural images. On Commodus busts, the eyes have the appearance characteristic of a thyroid gland disease.