Share your favorite photos of animals with cool eyes! This double crested Cormorant might be my favorite! [DSC_8240]

[original-1] Another red-eyed beauty!

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 [medium] [medium] Always reminds me of Hypnotoad from Futurama (although Hypnotoad’s pupils are horizontal)

[D014C710-F358-4969-86E7-E99ED46B7B25_1_105_c] Eristalinus taeniops https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129193917 and there are lots more insects with crazy eyes :-)

[3CC3FD7F-8463-4ECD-BE6D-71A2CFB78FBF_1_105_c] Tabanidae https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292459678

Horned Ghost Crab (see observation link) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335066389

Butterflies have some really awesome eyes!! [image] And so do dragonflies and damselflies!! [image] This sky blue was gorgeous!! [image] Interesting mix here! [image] Those blood-red eyes 00

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). …

Eastern Box Turtle https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121080996

Animals with cool eyes!

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jnstuart January 17, 2026, 6:49pm 8

Cormorants do have cool eyes:

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-are-some-blue-organisms-you-have-photographed/59163/68?u=jnstuart

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