Armored eyes of the whale shark.: Social discussions and analytics

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限界眼科女医

@genkai_oph · X

人間では考えられませんが、ジンベエザメの結膜は物理的刺激から眼を守るための特殊な鱗で覆われていて文字通り目から鱗なのです。ただし目から鱗のことわざの由来はジンベエザメではなく聖書。人間以外の眼もたまに勉強すると興味が尽きなくて沼です。 https://t.co/q4UAxD25zb

Sep 6, 2025 · 8 likes · 312 followers View post →

prehistoric Fishmom

@Cheetahtrout · X

For this weeks offtheme #sundayfishsketch I drew one of the smallest saltwater fish Trimmatom nanus in the eye of one of the biggest, the whaleshark. dyn whaleshark have armored eyes and also can retract their eyes? I didnt! Paper: https://t.co/bvQYBEhaov https://t.co/Orzl796DcO

Jan 21, 2024 · 4 likes · 1 share · 688 followers View post →

ivacheung.com

@ivacheung.com · Bluesky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C2K9jvqtXs

Jun 21, 2023 View post →

O espécime

@O_Especime · X

Futuras pesquisas precisam ser feitas para elucidar a importância da visão para essa espécie, mas por hora a gente espera e se impressiona com o seu olho coberto de dentes. Segue o artigo com as infos, as imagens que usei no fio, e alguns vídeos: https://t.co/GK9FXayWqh

Aug 30, 2022 · 57 likes · 12,424 followers View post →

Yoofilos

@yoofilos · X

@BranArtworks I remember reading the discussion section of this publication: https://t.co/CtLdWxYCgu While not fitting to the conventional definition of "good eyesight" and it is short shighted, what they have is interestingly complex https://t.co/GielPjOEx4

Aug 13, 2022 · 3 likes · 15,621 followers View post →

I am once again yearning for the sea

@AiraySickle · X

RT @blorglfin: @FactsUpsetting DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235342 is the paper, here's a picture https://t.co/dmkcbbdsNv

Aug 3, 2022 · 2 shares · 115 followers View post →

Upsetting Ocean Facts

@FactsUpsetting · X

RT @blorglfin: @FactsUpsetting DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235342 is the paper, here's a picture https://t.co/dmkcbbdsNv

Jul 26, 2022 · 2 shares · 4,990 followers View post →

blonk

@plsmurdar · X

@FactsUpsetting DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235342 is the paper, here's a picture https://t.co/dmkcbbdsNv

Jul 26, 2022 · 21 likes · 2 shares · 54 followers View post →

Tyler Greenfield

@TylerGreenfieId · X

Refs: https://t.co/GhXF4esnU5 https://t.co/XUeZ0ZHaCK https://t.co/mB4fU4KIO2

Jan 15, 2022 · 3 likes · 6,335 followers View post →

Sobre tubarões

@sobretubaroes · X

+ infos: Tomita T, Murakumo K, Komoto S, Dove A, Kino M, Miyamoto K, et al. (2020) Armored eyes of the whale shark. Martin, R. A. (2007). A review of behavioural ecology of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus). Fisheries Research, 84(1), 10–16. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.11

Jan 14, 2022 · 6 likes · 16,209 followers View post →

LA

@whiteshark902 · X

RT @Sharks4Kids: #SharkScienceSunday “Armored eyes of the whale shark” A 2020 study in PLoS ONE has discovered that whale sharks have to…

Sep 5, 2021 · 3 shares · 1,135 followers View post →

Stuart,formerly Bob

@clydebestsboots · X

RT @Sharks4Kids: #SharkScienceSunday “Armored eyes of the whale shark” A 2020 study in PLoS ONE has discovered that whale sharks have to…

Sep 5, 2021 · 3 shares · 2,373 followers View post →

G M Masum Billah

@guitarfishmasum · X

RT @Sharks4Kids: #SharkScienceSunday “Armored eyes of the whale shark” A 2020 study in PLoS ONE has discovered that whale sharks have to…

Sep 5, 2021 · 3 shares · 1,859 followers View post →

Shark Education

@Sharks4Kids · X

#SharkScienceSunday “Armored eyes of the whale shark” A 2020 study in PLoS ONE has discovered that whale sharks have toothlike scales, called dermal denticles, on their eyeballs. Figure from article Full article: https://t.co/G0uppRDvHR https://t.co/dQoJhwtlvC

Sep 5, 2021 · 5 likes · 3 shares · 14,875 followers View post →

Nokia WTNaBe

@zeiniqu_man · X

RT @aquarium_B: 聞いた時衝撃でしたよね。 https://t.co/j5OlBNzctT ちなみに、鱗と歯については、他のサメ類も同様。サメのウロコは歯と同じ組織・構造をしているのだとか。サメのウロコが「皮歯」と呼ばれることがあるのも、そのためですね。

Aug 30, 2021 · 1 share · 521 followers View post →

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@aquarium_B · X

聞いた時衝撃でしたよね。 https://t.co/j5OlBNzctT ちなみに、鱗と歯については、他のサメ類も同様。サメのウロコは歯と同じ組織・構造をしているのだとか。サメのウロコが「皮歯」と呼ばれることがあるのも、そのためですね。 https://t.co/KaVTByKM1u

Aug 30, 2021 · 4 likes · 1 share · 1,745 followers View post →

Museu da Vida Fiocruz

@museudavida · X

Tem mais informações sobre essa descoberta no artigo publicado na revista Plos One: https://t.co/CanbIDzBuF

Aug 19, 2021 · 2 likes · 33,498 followers View post →

Kabir Chatterjee

@Logicoraptor · X

RT @simonpierce: The 'armoured eye' was first described & published last year by Taketeru Tomita et al: https://t.co/ldhoUc4jjz

Jul 31, 2021 · 3 shares · 139 followers View post →

Simon Pierce

@simonpierce · X

@coleman_shaffer I'm not quite sure, but given they can retract their eyes... yes? Maybe? #NatAnAnatomist https://t.co/P9FbZKBJua

Jul 30, 2021 · 1 like · 5,408 followers View post →

Simon Pierce

@simonpierce · X

The 'armoured eye' was first described & published last year by Taketeru Tomita et al: https://t.co/ldhoUc4jjz

Jul 30, 2021 · 42 likes · 3 shares · 5,408 followers View post →

Swetha Gopalakrishnan

@SwethaGopalakr2 · X

@brycepwrites Yes very curious ..if you want to know more on this : https://t.co/GPs8qHMiV3

Jul 18, 2021 · 432 followers View post →

Guzmán

@inyguzman · X