B.C. Comic Strip, November 16, 2012 on GoComics.com

Brian K said, 6 months ago

I feel sorry for some birds, they have one eye looking left and the other eye lookin right but they can’t look quite straight ahead.

Mikeyj said, 6 months ago

@Brian K

The thing is, some birds are predators, others are prey, birds like hawks & eagles are predatory and have the eyes in the front, non-predatory birds have wide-spaced eyes so they can keep a lookout for the predators; it is the same with four-legged animals, for instance, the wolf has the eyes at the front of it’s head, but it’s prey (like the rabbit), have eyes on the sides.

capnLaz said, 6 months ago

Haven’t you seen smaller birds cock their heads to examine something? That’s how they can see nearly completely around them and still see closeup. They use their necks!

Bdaysuit said, 6 months ago

Fixed eyeballs too.

Kylie2112 said, 6 months ago

And some animals, like flies, have full-on 360º vision :)

Colt1911 said, 6 months ago

Then you have pigeons

J. Short said, 6 months ago

Eye see your point.

N7326 Foxtrot said, 6 months ago

@Mikeyj

Or, cats and owls vs. squirrels and mice.

igloo confuzzled said, 6 months ago

Chameleons…. poor things.

Alexikakos said, 6 months ago

Here’s a bit of an explanation of birds’ depth perception from “Ducks Unlimited.”
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http://www.ducks.org/conservation/waterfowl-biology/a-birds-eye-view/page2
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It takes less than a minute to read.