Affectionate gentle animal with big ears has long won the hearts of many people. It seems that there is no person who runs into an eared rodent and remains indifferent. Rabbit breeders over the years have bred a lot of decorative breeds. Wonderful animals look a little like their favorite cats and dogs. Curious to know more about pets.
Why does the rabbit have eyes?
In nature, eared live in deep burrows, where complete darkness. There the human eye is completely useless. Involuntarily you ask yourself: do rabbits see at all? Over a long evolution, animals have learned to navigate well in absolute darkness. This necessarily affected the structural features of the eyes.
Man uses eyesight to search for food. An eared animal needs eyes more to maintain safety in order to timely see a predator. The animal’s vision is designed so that it can see almost 360 ° . This is facilitated by large eyes located high on the sides of the muzzle. A small dead zone remains the space directly located in front of the nose and behind the ears.
I wonder how rabbits see food. Those who are familiar with big-eared animals, noticed that at close range our pet is trying to turn sideways. In addition, the animal is well helped by the tactile receptors located at the tips of the whiskers.
Features of the structure of the eyes
By and large, the structure of the eyes of a rabbit is not very different from this organ in any warm-blooded animal. The large eyeball, located in the orbit, as in any animal, is connected to the brain through a special optic nerve. The internal structure of the apple is completely standard - the lens and the vitreous, as well as the contents of the two chambers. All this is penetrated by nerve vessels and protected by the membrane. This structure defines how rabbits see our world.
Unlike humans, furry companions have been covering their eyes for three centuries. Two perform functions similar to the upper and lower eyelids in humans. The third serves to protect the sebaceous gland and is located near the inner side of the eye. Outside, the eye is covered with a thick coating, due to which the rabbits practically do not blink.
Rabbit irises come in a wide variety of colors. Among decorative breeds, eyes are valued under the color of fur.
How do rabbits see it?
Like many warm-blooded, rabbits are born completely blind. Upon reaching two weeks begin to see. Eared has monocular vision. In other words, each item is viewed with one eye. The aggregate horizons cover 360 ° and the intersection occurs at the front at 27 ° and partially at the rear at 9 ° . This property determines how well the rabbit sees everything on the sides and behind, but does not at all distinguish what is facing the nose. To see an object in the dead zone, the animal is forced to turn its head. But everything is clearly visible in a circle. Anyone who can cause trouble gets in sight. Monocular vision helps well in time to notice the approach of the enemy.
Vision in the dark
Another important feature is how rabbits see in the dark. For an animal, there is practically no difference between day and night. His vision works equally well. True, it is believed that the worldview of a rabbit is not as clear as in humans. Perhaps his vision of the world is like a blurry picture. Once the owner picks up a big box - and the animal will be confused. The voice of the owner, the smell is familiar, and the picture is different. When communicating with a pet, this is worth considering, especially at the addictive stage. The rabbit is a rather fearful animal.
Of course, rabbits feel absolutely comfortable in the dark. The main time of activity falls on the twilight time and the time before sunrise. But do not forget that rabbits need daylight. Light greatly affects the property of productivity and the growth rate of babies.
Color perception
It seems completely natural for a person to look at the world in all its colors. The world is filled with a wide variety of shades of blue, red, green. But our wards are not so. For many years, experts believed that the rabbit sees the world as a black and white movie. There are only shades of gray. But scientists were able to determine that this is not so. It is proved that the eared eye is able to distinguish between green and blue colors. Accordingly, all their shades and intersections. This is not such a rich world as a person’s, but also not as poor as a solid gray. True, the question remains how animals perceive these colors. Today it is difficult to talk about it.
Another feature of the rabbits' vision is that they almost never close their eyes in a dream. It is difficult to say whether the video signal is being processed at this time or not, but they sleep very sensitively. The slightest movement is nearby - and the animal wakes up.
It can be seen from the foregoing: in order to understand how our pets perceive the world, one needs to get acquainted with the peculiarities of their sense organs. This, without a doubt, will help to better control the behavior of pets. Will make communication with them more interesting.