SPOKANE, Wash. – The animal kingdom is full of amazing eyes. And yes, there are actually creatures on our planet that have just one.
That’s what I found out from my friend Kevin Kaiser, a veterinarian and graduate of the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He knows a lot about how different creatures see the world.
As a veterinarian working in Spokane, Wash., he also specializes in caring for animals’ eyes.
“There is one species that has only one eye naturally,” he said, “and they are from a genus called copepods.”
Read all of this answer from Dr. Universe at https://askdruniverse.wsu.edu/2016/05/31/are-there-creatures-on-earth-with-one-eye/.
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