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Oolon Colluphid · 08-20-2002, 03:26 AM

I just re-posted:

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Now, any slight curvature of this sheet of cells, due perhaps to where on the creature it happens to be mounted...

Bear in mind that in insects, the original mounting most likely happened to be convex. Insect eyes work by a series of little tubes -- ommatidia -- like telescopes, each with its own lens, pointed out at angles from the curve, forming a �compound eye�. They are inside out compared to ours. It�s another way of doing the same thing.

Oolon

Oolon Colluphid · 08-20-2002, 05:01 AM

Thia, you might also look at Scigirl's 15 January post in <a href="http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=000008" target="_blank">this thread</a>, which covers some of the same ground, plus more besides.

Best of luck.

Oolon

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08-20-2002, 05:01 AM	#102
Oolon Colluphid Contributor Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Alibi: ego ipse hinc extermino Posts: 12,591	Thia, you might also look at Scigirl's 15 January post in <a href="http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=000008" target="_blank">this thread</a>, which covers some of the same ground, plus more besides. Best of luck. Oolon

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