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minus-squarePlum@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoTridacna gigas, the giant clam, has several hundred to several thousand pinhole eyespots about 0.5mm in diameter.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoYes, and they each have retinas made of guanine crystals! And gigas is distinctive for surrounding its eyespots with little rings of reflective cells called iridophores!
minus-squarePlum@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoTHANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING TO CLAM FACTS Did you know: Clams are considered Halal in Islam, but treif (non-kosher) in Judaism. edit: I’m done now.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI did not know that! Very interesting
Tridacna gigas, the giant clam, has several hundred to several thousand pinhole eyespots about 0.5mm in diameter.
Yes, and they each have retinas made of guanine crystals! And gigas is distinctive for surrounding its eyespots with little rings of reflective cells called iridophores!
THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING TO CLAM FACTS
Did you know:
Clams are considered Halal in Islam, but treif (non-kosher) in Judaism.
edit: I’m done now.
I did not know that! Very interesting