The Unexpected Eyes of Scallops

[Macavity]

I think (in my younger days) I might have tried "Coquille St. Jacques"? 😎
(No sniggering at the back, "Smith Minor"!)
For fans of "Reflectors"? 🥳

https://www.opticianonline.net/features/animal-vision-the-unexpected-eyes-of-scallops

Maybe there's some other "good stuff" here, re. what our OPTICIANS do...
I remember a Father (and Daughter!) "Opticians" being interested in my Astronomy! 🙂

 

[Knighty2112]

34 minutes ago, Macavity said:

I think (in my younger days) I might have tried "Coquille St. Jacques"? 😎
(No sniggering at the back, "Smith Minor"!)
For fans of "Reflectors"? 🥳

https://www.opticianonline.net/features/animal-vision-the-unexpected-eyes-of-scallops

Maybe there's some other "good stuff" here, re. what our OPTICIANS do...
I remember a Father (and Daughter!) "Opticians" being interested in my Astronomy! 🙂

 

It appears to bear very close resemblance indeed;

“The tilted, off-axis mirror of the scallop eye bears a striking resemblance to the segmented mirrors of reflecting telescopes”

As they have over 200 eyes apparently I wonder if over another few hundred million years of evolution it might further resemble the reflecting mirrors of the James Webb Telescope?  

Edited August 12, 2022 by Knighty2112