Mantis shrimps probably have the most sophisticated vision in the animal kingdom. Their compound eyes move independently and they have 12 to 16 visual pigments compared to our three.
Eagles and hawks are thought to have the sharpest vision in the animal kingdom and some species have the equivalent of 20/2.5 eyesight, which means they can make out small details up to eight times further away than humans can, enabling them to spot a meal three kilometers away.
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1. Cheetah – best vision on the run. Cats' eyes are some of the most evolved in the animal kingdom. Cheetahs, the fastest mammals on Earth, are also known for having a vision of the best quality.
Mantis shrimps (Stomatopoda)
Mantis shrimps probably have the most sophisticated vision in the animal kingdom. Their compound eyes move independently and they have 12 to 16 visual pigments compared to our three. They are the only animals known to be able to see circular polarised light.
Eagles and other birds of prey are the kings of the animal kingdom when it comes to visual acuity. Their retinas are not only packed with light-detecting cone cells, but they also have a much deeper fovea—a cone-rich structure in the back of the eye—which acts like a telephoto lens on a camera.
Recent advances in optics have led to the creation of corrective lenses that can provide this ultra-sharp vision. It seems that the best eyesight ever reported in a human was in an Aborigine man with 20/5 vision!
Did you know the prong horned antelope have 10x vision, which means on a clear night they can see the rings of Saturn?
If you encounter an aggressive lion, stare him down. But not a leopard; avoid his gaze at all costs.
576 megapixels is roughly 576,000,000 individual pixels, so at first glance, it would seem that we could see way more than an 8K TV has to offer. But it's not that simple. For instance, we see in 576 megapixel definition when our eyes are moving, but a single glance would only be about 5-15 megapixels.
Researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are nearly done with the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera, the world's largest digital camera ever built for astronomy.
The human eye is around 576 megapixels.
The mantis shrimp's visual system is unique in the animal kingdom. Mantis shrimps, scientifically known as stomatopods, have compound eyes, a bit like a bee or a fly, made up of 10,000 small photoreceptive units.
Good eyes for one animal may not be so good for another. While many factors are to be considered when comparing eyesight amongst creatures, one thing for certain is that eagles take the crown for best all around eyes, primarily for their unprecedented ability to see clearly from far distances.
Rhinoceroses
National Geographic has the answer: 15 feet. Even though rhinos can charge up to 30 miles per hour, they can't distinguish between a human and a tree at 15 feet. Unless rhinoceroses can clearly hear and smell you, they have no way of knowing where you are in physical space.
Although chitons look very simple, these mollusks have a very sophisticated shell. Its outer layer contains up to 1000 tiny eyes, each a bit smaller than the period at the end of this sentence.
Farthest Range Of Vision
Last but not least, the winner in the range of vision event: the eagle. We consider 20/20 vision to be perfect for us, but even at the lower end, eagles clock in at about 20/5 — four times better. At the upper end, their vision can be as good as eight times better than ours.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults experience bilateral vision impairment and blindness 3 times more than non-Indigenous adults.
While lighter-colored eyes may be more sensitive to sunlight, they are not necessarily more sensitive to vision. In fact, blue eyes have better visual acuity than brown eyes. This means that blue-eyed people can see small details more clearly.
Most dogs have only about 30 to 60 degrees of binocular overlap versus approximately 140 degrees cats and humans. But dogs are champions when it comes to visual field of view. That means when King looks straight ahead he can still see 240 degrees, compared to 200 degrees in cats and 180 degrees in humans.
The new research shows that dolphins have the longest memory yet known in any species other than people. Elephants and chimpanzees are thought to have similar abilities, but they haven't yet been tested, said study author Jason Bruck, an animal behaviorist at the University of Chicago.