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She's got Dollocaris eyes
Location: Europe
Age: Jurassic Period
The odd Mid-Jurassic crustacean relative Dollocaris ingens resembles a creature straight out of science fiction. The creature was 20 centimeters long and had a prawn-like body and limbs for swimming, as well as set of pincers for grasping its small floating prey.
However Dollocaris’s strangest feature was its eyes. Each eye had 18,000 lenses and were a quarter of its body length. They were used by this poor swimmer to locate the other invertebrates and small fish that it ate. Dollocaris isn't a new discovery, but its huge eyes were once thought to be ‘cephalic sacs’ or a stomach-type organ. Recent research by researcher Jean Vannier from the University of Lyon in France has revealed the truth about the animal and its bizarre eyes.
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Appropriate that this odd-looking fruits de mer was found in France. The French will eat anything from the ocean as long as it is served with the proper sauce & enough garlic.
She's got Dollocaris eyes
Location: Europe
Age: Jurassic Period
The odd Mid-Jurassic crustacean relative Dollocaris ingens resembles a creature straight out of science fiction. The creature was 20 centimeters long and had a prawn-like body and limbs for swimming, as well as set of pincers for grasping its small floating prey.
However Dollocaris’s strangest feature was its eyes. Each eye had 18,000 lenses and were a quarter of its body length. They were used by this poor swimmer to locate the other invertebrates and small fish that it ate. Dollocaris isn't a new discovery, but its huge eyes were once thought to be ‘cephalic sacs’ or a stomach-type organ. Recent research by researcher Jean Vannier from the University of Lyon in France has revealed the truth about the animal and its bizarre eyes.
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Appropriate that this odd-looking fruits de mer was found in France. The French will eat anything from the ocean as long as it is served with the proper sauce & enough garlic.
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