Why Are Goats' Eyes That Terrifying Shape?

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I've known this for three decades. This is old news. If the best "research" they can do is something that's been done decades ago and been taught in classrooms all those years, then I think some researchers are desperate for their grant money.
 
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Baresark said:
Hmmm, weird... I have heard all of this before... but maybe not from a scientist. I think a survivalist told me about eye position on predator vs prey animals, and it just feels like this is an extension of that. But, yay science, as always.
I think that you might be wrong about what they're actually talking about. I'd heard the eye position thing too, with prey having their eyes on the side of their heads, and predators having them more forward facing.

What this study is talking about is that the pupil shape itself, for shorter animals at least, is also for the purpose of increased peripheral vision.

As well, I'd never heard about the fact that the eye's orientation rotates depending on the head's inclination before, which is pretty neat.
 

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GabeZhul said:
It's probably because it's kind of obvious, but this was the first time someone wrote a formalized paper on it.
A lot of "obvious" things aren't true, and a lot of true things are counter-intuitive. As such, it's nice to see it codified in a paper, because it validates the existing assumption, not because it was already true.

If we go by what's known, bumblebee flight violates the laws of aerodynamics, duck quacks don't echo, and we can't come from monkeys because there are still monkeys.

Silentpony said:
....Um...turd in the punch bowl here, but...gaming news?
Like...what? Is the Escapist basically Gawker right now?

Don't get me wrong, fun little read and if my StumbleUpon had linked me I'd had thumb up-ed it. But...Escapist...
I agree. This should not have been posted in gaming news. Fortunately, it wasn't.

Johkmil said:
Why does these comments appear everytime they post articles in the Science & Tech section of this site, the one that is right up there to the top right of the front page, a section they have had for about three or four years now. They even had a regular Science & Tech podcast!
And they had non-gaming stuff on here for years before that rebrand.
 

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The Almighty Aardvark said:
Baresark said:
Hmmm, weird... I have heard all of this before... but maybe not from a scientist. I think a survivalist told me about eye position on predator vs prey animals, and it just feels like this is an extension of that. But, yay science, as always.
I think that you might be wrong about what they're actually talking about. I'd heard the eye position thing too, with prey having their eyes on the side of their heads, and predators having them more forward facing.

What this study is talking about is that the pupil shape itself, for shorter animals at least, is also for the purpose of increased peripheral vision.

As well, I'd never heard about the fact that the eye's orientation rotates depending on the head's inclination before, which is pretty neat.
I understand eye location is not the same as pupil shape. This does feel like an extension of that same concept, was my point. For instance, knowing how an eye works, the shape of a goats pupils would give them enhance peripheral vision by a matter of course. But, I'm not a scientist, so it's always beneficial when a an actual scientists steps in and confirms what I have been taking for granted.
 

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GabeZhul said:
Dude, this random outburst of yours is so insulting to my intelligence that I should flag your post. Seriously, why do people on the internet always assume that others are stupid?
Yeah, except it wasn't an outburst (or random), and it didn't assume you were stupid. If you want to flag it, flag it instead of complaining how "insulting" it was.

You've conflated "has been known" with "has been assumed/rationalised." That's not how science -or- knowledge works. I simply corrected you.