Share your favorite photos of animals with cool eyes!
This double crested Cormorant might be my favorite!
That was the first animal that came to mind for me, but I don’t have a good photo of it. Just gorgeous. <3
Tough to beat the vertical pupils of north american spadefoots, like https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155939
Always reminds me of Hypnotoad from Futurama (although Hypnotoad’s pupils are horizontal)
Eristalinus taeniops https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129193917
and there are lots more insects with crazy eyes :-)
Cormorants do have cool eyes:
Horned Ghost Crab (see observation link)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335066389
I like this picture I took of this snake because it is identifiable to species from this picture alone assuming one knows the locations (Pacific Northwest of the United States) AND because you can see me leaning in to get the close-up in the reflection of its spectacle (the scale covering the eye).
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/476602975/large.jpeg
Original observation here
Eastern Box Turtle
White-eyed Vireo
The aptly-named Fiery-eyed Dancer:
Australian Red-eyed Tree-frog https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/260502944
Some lacewing eyes are kaleidoscopic mirror-balls https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/47727044
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/256948029 Bush stone curlew.
