Jul 7, 2015
This Single-Cell Organism Has A “Human” Eye
A kind of marine plankton, called warnowiids, have evolved an "eye" that is very similar to a mammalian eye, according to a new study. Called an ocelloid and made up of sub-cellular organelles arranged like a human eye, it could help the plankton spot prey by enabling it to detect the changes in light as it passes through them using a similar light filter to a polarized lens, say researchers. Interestingly, researchers first thought the eye must’ve been part of something the plankton ate, not part of the plankton itself.
Via Nature.
Read more at Nautilus: http://tss.nautil.us
Image: BRIAN LEANDER AND GREG GAVELIS
