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Tarsiers have eyes larger than their brains

Tarsiers have eyes larger than their brains

Tarsiers have eyes larger than their brains

Each tarsier eyeball is roughly brain-sized — night-vision cameras bolted onto a tiny primate head.

They cannot rotate the eyes in the sockets, so they whip the whole head nearly 180° to track prey.

Optics over CPU. The face is mostly lens; the neck does the panning.

Shahzad Mahota Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

Tarsiers have eyes larger than their brains