Scallop – A Strange Creature: Scallop is the strangest creature in the world. It has a wealth of features, you will be shocked to know about them. It has not one or two but 200 eyes, which work like a telescope. Its swimming method is no less surprising, in which it uses jet propulsion technique. Now Jeev’s videos are going viral.
The video of the scallop creature has been shared on ‘X’ (previously Twitter) by a user named @gunsnrosesgirl3. One of the videos posted by him shows the eyes of the scallop while the other video is related to the way it swims. @gunsnrosesgirl3 has said in the caption of these videos that ‘Scallop has 200 eyes that work like telescopes.’
Scallops possess 200 eyes functioning like telescopes, utilizing living mine to focus light,
A concave mirror lining the back of their eyes reflects light onto a double-layered retina residing above it.
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— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) November 24, 2023
The eyes of this creature are unique
As xcorr.net reports, the scallop’s eyes are very unique, being small and about 1 millimeter wide. These eyes are located on the side of the mantle of the scallop, which are quite different from the eyes of most animals, including human eyes. These have concave mirrors instead of lenses to focus the light.
The eyes of the scallop are like reflecting telescopes. There are two retinas in every eye. You will also be surprised to know that the scallop regenerates its eyes within about 40 days if its eyes are damaged.regenerate) Can do.
Scallops use jet propulsion to swim
pic.twitter.com/EbgyJpqi3Y— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) November 24, 2023
As the scallop grows, new eyes grow even in places where there are fewer eyes. He also said, ‘Scallops use jet propulsion to swim.’
According to Wikipedia, under this mechanism they open and close their valves to draw water in and then close them again to rapidly release the water out. This technique is called pulsed jet propulsion, which produces high thrust, due to which this organism is able to move forward. Scallops are a type of mollusk. They are found in all the oceans of the world.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 25, 2023, 18:04
