01 April 2013

Eye of a chameleon


I wonder if those little nodular structures have any ocular/visual function, or whether their sole purpose is to contribute to the camouflage?

Credit: Daniel Heuclin/Photoshot/Solent, via The Telegraph.

2 comments:

  1. DApril 1, 2013 at 11:08 AM

    The colorful nodes around the central eyeball are the joined eyelids, so those are skin. Not with any visual function, just a protective one.

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  2. Ben FortelApril 1, 2013 at 2:25 PM

    Does this pattern fit with phi, similar to sunflowers or pineapples?

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