{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "So i was reading one of sy mongomery's books recently and she talkes about how wolf spiders can see the moon. Can a lot of...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/655370185040101376/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>hechizoh</strong> asked: <p>So i was reading one of sy mongomery's books recently and she talkes about how wolf spiders can see the moon. Can a lot of insects, like, not see her?</p></div>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://bunjywunjy.tumblr.com/post/624468375598399488/so-i-was-reading-one-of-sy-mongomerys-books\">bunjywunjy</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019ll tell you a secret: <b>most arthropod eyes are incredibly shitty</b>.</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"500\" data-orig-width=\"700\"><img src=\"/media/bcd0067306dab5c03402d36a69be5223f8357aff_c22aefb21ecc.png\" data-orig-height=\"500\" data-orig-width=\"700\" alt=\"image\" srcset=\"/media/3bc39f3ff71194e7c5d1335d221acb1996f33773_1ccbc3d1cbf0.png 75w, /media/0523caa6a0feb9f8bdad661073e08ccdaa0cb6bf_5e3fbbfc53cf.png 100w, /media/ce9137fd2b0b02ae162c05b88120ac00721790e3_e29e254c20dc.png 250w, /media/6a11641d2616369ff62e05fb228215748a030e12_0cb1ef7203d9.png 400w, /media/4b00e3bba1013f4d2924506268a09a70a9332c9a_74e4054d16d2.png 500w, /media/bd0250c88c5217c976aaafe911c421dd3299ec23_4422a191f043.png 540w, /media/bcd0067306dab5c03402d36a69be5223f8357aff_c22aefb21ecc.png 640w, /media/1ce26ce2d5254d32ab327a76742e6ffaf630ade7_7ad577be14e1.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"/></figure></div><p>they may have a near-360-degrees of view, but most insects eyes simply aren\u2019t on the same level as yours, and it\u2019s because of physics!</p><p>see, each of those individual bumps on those eyes up there is a convex lens, which focuses light onto a retina to form a picture of their surroundings.\u00a0</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"297\" data-orig-width=\"400\"><img src=\"/media/2ea5d28eabf1b505a7b950ca8219d6854494f1e7_a1d55d88ad29.png\" data-orig-height=\"297\" data-orig-width=\"400\" alt=\"image\" srcset=\"/media/1dbdadc11ee0195fc5cc869facee1adc4de6e043_8a94983d2a4a.png 75w, /media/b8b7187493e772b0ff112fce9d231d9d063b9b44_a89c126dfbec.png 100w, /media/d73d3ea8f7d1df62d1a346cfb2cc4e41cae152c9_7a97970c1e44.png 250w, /media/211874857cbe6e42b5698993f11eef34cac7dbf0_cddfb9f998a7.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"/></figure></div><p>however, <b>the power of a lens dramatically decreases the smaller it is, because small lenses capture less light to make into an image!\u00a0</b></p><p>to these animals, the world is a brightly colored blur that extends out for a few feet around them, and ends there. <b>so no, they CANNOT see the moon. weep for them.</b></p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1280\" data-orig-width=\"1024\"><img src=\"/media/62777bd3fb64aa9489dcf3fd87c156f9daab7803_235e494ce5ec.png\" data-orig-height=\"1280\" data-orig-width=\"1024\" alt=\"image\" srcset=\"/media/ce1fdf65b49440a2066f7e438625bb312c2ea8fc_958494fb114e.png 75w, /media/e5ac0599251172265c7d08c7c45da68e0b2c017b_9f1fbe49bfa5.png 100w, /media/4ea80c6291de0b88a500f99ea989e8c42bfc23ec_8b23683a9fa3.png 250w, /media/56b14b0ebc8d90c3c0dc52ef9dde1b1c46318e02_bdd6d0e04aba.png 400w, /media/c70c6b4c9c3677ca847c0c929ef0e651296db70c_b4f86637f7b6.png 500w, /media/9fd123ede684a42d2d7579007412595365f482ef_7dab9ba597d2.png 540w, /media/62777bd3fb64aa9489dcf3fd87c156f9daab7803_235e494ce5ec.png 640w, /media/c714ec81d20318fa5009903378be2449c965b5e3_a72a39fd7aad.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"/></figure></div><p>to insects, humans have god-level foresight and prescience! HOW DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS FOOD OVER THERE, HUMAN. TELL ME HOW.</p><p>but some spiders are different.</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"319\" data-orig-width=\"550\"><img src=\"/media/c06e35063b2ce39fcb5b3f2046ac85b744ead34a_54068be15313.png\" data-orig-height=\"319\" data-orig-width=\"550\" alt=\"image\" srcset=\"/media/a1806b7717a9a3a0f663d05b01f8d7bf84b83487_90a62844f924.png 75w, /media/59605fbef2515fc66dc17bf79d1607075c20a77e_e48340aa42bf.png 100w, /media/018e0b8aa23c1bee41a5e21bb9a8df144d7e4730_dcc44afc2f3b.png 250w, /media/0a66fe931f67cd9d8b4337a4b3277dad38a0efe3_2e0cef6a9ee0.png 400w, /media/38406d1d519caead1d0bdbcacc1bd2a3ffa89e31_9b692e79bd0f.png 500w, /media/28df8650e74d0aef9b0031c6e3822916334484f9_e9cb47823b96.png 540w, /media/c06e35063b2ce39fcb5b3f2046ac85b744ead34a_54068be15313.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\"/></figure></div><p>see that? those eyes are completely smooth! jumping spiders in particular have developed eyes with a single massive (for a bug) lens on the outside, and a second focusing lens on the inside, giving them single-image vision much like your own.\u00a0</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"422\" data-orig-width=\"450\"><img src=\"/media/18c7942f09dba71eb041b7c8bcc1a9db4ce3b7d7_e6299edc63db.png\" data-orig-height=\"422\" data-orig-width=\"450\" alt=\"image\" srcset=\"/media/ac36d7718aa4fb768d51a1ce3ee792e07c8f49b8_e4d04e88e185.png 75w, /media/5c55d20165bd50791f830a9db11d951c8aebb43d_d4b6e42fd51c.png 100w, /media/1fbedc4e19643d3a8d785393fc44fc5a7b81cbd0_bb1e22263b3d.png 250w, /media/9996810af49e068a2d64fb10db8e9ebee635cfd0_3e78bc713f63.png 400w, /media/e92d141e5495f5ac8578d48e676fa9fb3788aff2_8f68f8d67576.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\"/></figure></div><p>the diagram of their eyes looks like a pair of binoculars, and their focusing power is <b>completely nuts</b>, enough so to make up for that underpowered lens!\u00a0</p><p>so yes, some spiders CAN see the moon! take solace in this fact.</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"885\" data-orig-width=\"1280\"><img src=\"/media/26063ae16041fbcab68a26cd421f4516749f0430_15e650eef4c4.png\" data-orig-height=\"885\" data-orig-width=\"1280\" alt=\"image\" srcset=\"/media/4c65f3cfff357b040764e83fd96dfa890fd728e8_7b6f0581d5b4.png 75w, /media/3360e9d9ac15172fb200ff13530355538f8d65c6_f113347e3fd3.png 100w, /media/a6f63927a822392ef7902ce9935e32e8d59f4e66_8d1a4f07208f.png 250w, /media/461d2d30bfd32f15e3bcc7099744a1a117f19958_e2a4205e15d1.png 400w, /media/e5651a7fd05f66a140ee7a5d6a689f23ce3a40d4_563b80ea9b50.png 500w, /media/a24169452b8e3ad1437c9cd2cdf5d87a0bb028fd_f3bc7ea83529.png 540w, /media/26063ae16041fbcab68a26cd421f4516749f0430_15e650eef4c4.png 640w, /media/9a9633431fb01157d4cdc8bd321c25dd6c3cae47_d6db55a7d580.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"/></figure></div></blockquote>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/bcd0067306dab5c03402d36a69be5223f8357aff_c22aefb21ecc.png", "thumbnail_width": 640, "thumbnail_height": 457}