Unique Animals That Don't Have Eyes
The eye is one of the very important senses. Without eyes, we cannot see our surroundings. Looking for hard things, want to eat hard, want to do anything difficult. Once the importance of the eyes, we imagine how those who cannot see can live their lives? In the animal world it turns out there are some who were born without eye organs. Although not able to see, in fact these animals can still find food and survive. Here are 10 awesome animals that don't have eyes.
10. Widemouth Blindcat
Widemouth Blindcat
Unlike catfish that we encounter around us, Widemouth blindcat has a white or albino color and also has no eyes. According to experts, animals that have the scientific name Satan Eurystomus have a vision system or optical channel, but it is not connected to the fish's brain. Makes it unable to see.
This type of catfish is found in low light freshwater in North America and Texas. Like catfish in general, Widemouth blindcat is an omnivorous and voracious animal. Whatever is in front of them they will brush out. With a body size that can reach 5.5 inches, Widemouth blindcat is one of the endangered animals. Their biggest threat is water pollution.
9. Freshwater Hydra
Freshwater Hydra
Not having eyes is not a strange thing. Despite the absence of one sense, animals will usually be given superiority in the other senses. Freshwater hydra is one animal that is not equipped with a sense of sight, but can still survive and hunt their prey in the water.
They use their very sensitive tentacles to catch food. Their diet menu is water lice. Water fleas trapped in the tentacles of Freshwater hydra will soon be eaten alive. Another uniqueness of Freshwater hydra is that they do not age or can be said to live forever. Although considered a pest, Freshwater hydra has the possibility to help humans heal Huntington and Alzheimer's.
8. Blind Albino Cave Crab
Blind Albino Cave Crab
Names can indeed be deceptive. Although named after Blind albino cave crab or Munidopsis polymorpha, this animal is actually not a crab but a lobster. This one animal is actually an animal that is difficult to find. They live in a dark cave that is on Canary Island.
Although including a mysterious animal, it does not make the researchers frown to dig deeper information about this one animal. One thing that makes these animals interesting is that they have no eyes at all. Apart from information about the eyes, the rest is still unknown. Examples such as what their eggs look like and how they eat are still unknown.
7. Speleonectes
Speleonectes
In the lava hole in the water, stay some crustaceans such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and so on. The dark place is a perfect place for crustaceans, especially in the volcanic pit on Canary Island. There was found a very unique animal named Speleonectes.
Speleonectes are crustacean species that do not have eyes. What was discovered in 2009 at Tunnel de al Atlantida was a different type of Speleonectes named Speleonectes atlantida, the longest lava hole in the world on Canary Island. This surprising discovery was later released in Marine Biodiversity .
6. Brazilian Blind Characid
brazilian blind characid
Brazilian Blind Characid is also known by a number of names such as Stygichthys typhlops and blind tetra. This fish is considered unique because it does not have eyes like most other fish. So, makes one wonder how this aquatic animal can look in the water and look for food.
In the past, people have found this one fish, then in 2010 it was only discovered again and examined more deeply. Found in a cave in the Minas Gerais region, Brazil. This fish has no eyes and pigment on its skin. According to veterinarians, Brazilian Blind Characid fish populations are classified as threatened due to the drastically reduced amount of water.
5. Blind Spider
Blind Spider
An ordinary spider can make anyone run away when they see it. Here is another spider species that has no eyes. With the absence of eyes, making this spider even more terrible because it can run anywhere, including in your direction. This unique eyed spider is called the Blind spider and is still included in the Huntsman spider species.
Is a German scientist named Peter Jager who managed to find the existence of this eyed spider. This spider was found in one of the caves in Laos in 2012. Although it has no eyes, the Blind spider can still feel the movement of its prey in the dark. Terrible is not it?
4. Star-Nosed Mole
Star-Nosed Mole
Besides having a strange and creepy face shape, it turns out that star-nosed mole also includes animals that are not equipped with the sense of sight. In Indonesia it is indeed very impossible to find this one horrible animal, but if you are in Canada and the United States, you can find them.
Star-nosed mole live underground and hunt for food there. Not having eyes does not make star-nosed mole die of lice. On the face there are many tentacles in which there are many small sensors called Eimer's organs. These tentacles are very sensitive so they can feel the energy waves that are underground.
3. Olm
Olm
Olm or Proteus anguinus is the only chordate species in Europe that is able to adapt to the cave environment. Not only that, its uniqueness is different from most amphibians. Olm sleeps, eats, and reproduces in water. He is able to grow 30 cm in length and his diet is snails, insects, and small crabs.
Like the other animals on this list, Olm is blind. Even though he is blind, Olm is equipped with very sensitive receptors. Makes it able to detect chemicals and movements in the dark cave. In 1689, Olm came to the surface due to heavy rain. The ancients thought Olm was a baby dragon.
2. Florida Worm Lizard
Florida Worm Lizard
When you hear a lizard, what comes to your mind is a green four-legged animal, and has a long tail. That is a picture of lizards in general, but there are also types of lizards that look far from lizards, even more like worms. Lizards that are similar to worms are named the Florida Worm Lizard.
The Florida Worm Lizard or Rhineura floridana has no ears, has no eyes, can grow up to 11 inches long, and lives in the soil. Seeing where he lives in the dark ground, the presence of ears and eyes is very useless. Actually, veterinary experts also find it difficult to classify these animals into what groups. Called reptiles but do not have the characteristics of reptiles, called worms also can not.
1. Martialist Heureka
Martialist Heureka
There are many interesting things we can find in the ant world. One of them is the Martialist heureka type ant. Why are these ants considered unique? That's because these ants are different from other ant species. If the ants in general have a sense of sight, this Martialist heureka has absolutely no sense of sight.
Many biologists are so attracted to this unique ant. Martialis heureka is an edged ant species originating from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Although they don't have eyes, Martialis heureka is equipped with other things that make them able to find food in the dark. They have a long lower jaw to transport food from dark places.
10. Widemouth Blindcat
Widemouth Blindcat
Unlike catfish that we encounter around us, Widemouth blindcat has a white or albino color and also has no eyes. According to experts, animals that have the scientific name Satan Eurystomus have a vision system or optical channel, but it is not connected to the fish's brain. Makes it unable to see.
This type of catfish is found in low light freshwater in North America and Texas. Like catfish in general, Widemouth blindcat is an omnivorous and voracious animal. Whatever is in front of them they will brush out. With a body size that can reach 5.5 inches, Widemouth blindcat is one of the endangered animals. Their biggest threat is water pollution.
9. Freshwater Hydra
Freshwater Hydra
Not having eyes is not a strange thing. Despite the absence of one sense, animals will usually be given superiority in the other senses. Freshwater hydra is one animal that is not equipped with a sense of sight, but can still survive and hunt their prey in the water.
They use their very sensitive tentacles to catch food. Their diet menu is water lice. Water fleas trapped in the tentacles of Freshwater hydra will soon be eaten alive. Another uniqueness of Freshwater hydra is that they do not age or can be said to live forever. Although considered a pest, Freshwater hydra has the possibility to help humans heal Huntington and Alzheimer's.
8. Blind Albino Cave Crab
Blind Albino Cave Crab
Names can indeed be deceptive. Although named after Blind albino cave crab or Munidopsis polymorpha, this animal is actually not a crab but a lobster. This one animal is actually an animal that is difficult to find. They live in a dark cave that is on Canary Island.
Although including a mysterious animal, it does not make the researchers frown to dig deeper information about this one animal. One thing that makes these animals interesting is that they have no eyes at all. Apart from information about the eyes, the rest is still unknown. Examples such as what their eggs look like and how they eat are still unknown.
7. Speleonectes
Speleonectes
In the lava hole in the water, stay some crustaceans such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and so on. The dark place is a perfect place for crustaceans, especially in the volcanic pit on Canary Island. There was found a very unique animal named Speleonectes.
Speleonectes are crustacean species that do not have eyes. What was discovered in 2009 at Tunnel de al Atlantida was a different type of Speleonectes named Speleonectes atlantida, the longest lava hole in the world on Canary Island. This surprising discovery was later released in Marine Biodiversity .
6. Brazilian Blind Characid
brazilian blind characid
Brazilian Blind Characid is also known by a number of names such as Stygichthys typhlops and blind tetra. This fish is considered unique because it does not have eyes like most other fish. So, makes one wonder how this aquatic animal can look in the water and look for food.
In the past, people have found this one fish, then in 2010 it was only discovered again and examined more deeply. Found in a cave in the Minas Gerais region, Brazil. This fish has no eyes and pigment on its skin. According to veterinarians, Brazilian Blind Characid fish populations are classified as threatened due to the drastically reduced amount of water.
5. Blind Spider
Blind Spider
An ordinary spider can make anyone run away when they see it. Here is another spider species that has no eyes. With the absence of eyes, making this spider even more terrible because it can run anywhere, including in your direction. This unique eyed spider is called the Blind spider and is still included in the Huntsman spider species.
Is a German scientist named Peter Jager who managed to find the existence of this eyed spider. This spider was found in one of the caves in Laos in 2012. Although it has no eyes, the Blind spider can still feel the movement of its prey in the dark. Terrible is not it?
4. Star-Nosed Mole
Star-Nosed Mole
Besides having a strange and creepy face shape, it turns out that star-nosed mole also includes animals that are not equipped with the sense of sight. In Indonesia it is indeed very impossible to find this one horrible animal, but if you are in Canada and the United States, you can find them.
Star-nosed mole live underground and hunt for food there. Not having eyes does not make star-nosed mole die of lice. On the face there are many tentacles in which there are many small sensors called Eimer's organs. These tentacles are very sensitive so they can feel the energy waves that are underground.
3. Olm
Olm
Olm or Proteus anguinus is the only chordate species in Europe that is able to adapt to the cave environment. Not only that, its uniqueness is different from most amphibians. Olm sleeps, eats, and reproduces in water. He is able to grow 30 cm in length and his diet is snails, insects, and small crabs.
Like the other animals on this list, Olm is blind. Even though he is blind, Olm is equipped with very sensitive receptors. Makes it able to detect chemicals and movements in the dark cave. In 1689, Olm came to the surface due to heavy rain. The ancients thought Olm was a baby dragon.
2. Florida Worm Lizard
Florida Worm Lizard
When you hear a lizard, what comes to your mind is a green four-legged animal, and has a long tail. That is a picture of lizards in general, but there are also types of lizards that look far from lizards, even more like worms. Lizards that are similar to worms are named the Florida Worm Lizard.
The Florida Worm Lizard or Rhineura floridana has no ears, has no eyes, can grow up to 11 inches long, and lives in the soil. Seeing where he lives in the dark ground, the presence of ears and eyes is very useless. Actually, veterinary experts also find it difficult to classify these animals into what groups. Called reptiles but do not have the characteristics of reptiles, called worms also can not.
1. Martialist Heureka
Martialist Heureka
There are many interesting things we can find in the ant world. One of them is the Martialist heureka type ant. Why are these ants considered unique? That's because these ants are different from other ant species. If the ants in general have a sense of sight, this Martialist heureka has absolutely no sense of sight.
Many biologists are so attracted to this unique ant. Martialis heureka is an edged ant species originating from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Although they don't have eyes, Martialis heureka is equipped with other things that make them able to find food in the dark. They have a long lower jaw to transport food from dark places.
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