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Stigma eye

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  • protozoan
  • small opaque area in front of light-sensitive pigments
  • provide animals with directional information
  • compare light coming from 2 or more directions
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pinhole eye

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  • eye cup with tiny opening
  • receive precise but INVERTED image

DISADV. : small amount of light enter, bending of light reduce quality.

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lens eye

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  • Lens in dense
  • bends and focus the light more than pinhole eye
  • rods: active at night
  • cones: active daytime

DISADV: alter lens and change focal point, defects can occur (far-sighted or astigmatism)

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compound eye

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  • typical for insects (fly)
  • many eye cups, each with a lens

ADV: low weight and volume for bees,flies, etc.
flicker fusion rate

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flicker fusion rate

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can distinguish 2 separate images closely spaced in time.

6
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color discrimination

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bees can see UV light, blue, yellow-green

humans: blue, yellow-green and yellow-orange

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lateral inhibition

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interaction between receptors in retina, causes inhibition in certain receptors to emphasize contrast

8
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feature detectors

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wired to sort out specific stimuli and exaggerate their differences

9
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sound

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vibration of molecules

Animal hearing, 0.1- 100,000 Hz

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particle-detector ear

(invertebrates)

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antennal hairs
lateral-line organs
body hairs
subgenual organ

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1st limitations to particle-detector ear?

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limited resonance frequency, deaf to most sounds

12
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overcome resonance frequency by?

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using different detectors of diff. resonance

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2nd limitation

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cannot distinguish quiet sound or loud sound close to peak resonance

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3rd limitation

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deaf to sounds where detector is pointed, sensitive to sound from the side.

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pressure gradient ear

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membrane respond to difference in pressure b/w 2 openings of cavity

ADV: more sensitive and broader frequency, ideal for smaller animals

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pressure difference ear

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membrane thin, low mass, stretched across a high-mass cavity

17
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low or high frequency travel

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low travel faster due to longer wavelengths

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doppler effect

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movement of sound toward or away from listener

19
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echolocation

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performed by bats, marine mammals

3 classes of bat cries:

20
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echolocation

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performed by bats, marine mammals
3 classes of bat cries: 
- frequency modulated
- constant frequency
- measure doppler effect of CF echo of it's cry, to determine their speed. 
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21
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taste

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salt
sweet
sour
bitter

22
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5th taste receptor

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umami MSG

23
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taste receptors for insect

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same four taste receptors on each hair of feet

they find food by stepping on it

24
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olfaction

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butyl mercaptan –> skunk like odor
humans have 5 millions, dogs have 100-300 millions receptors
animals use odors to synchronize ovulation in females

25
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Thermal location

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“see” infrared light/ heat with detector

rattle snake strike anterior of mice

26
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electrolocation

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detect electric field

innervated bulbs in some fishes

27
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magnetic location

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pigeons sense earth’s magnetic field

28
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circadian rhythm

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  • crickets know when to sing, independent to environmental cues
  • visual signals need to entrain cycle
  • biological clock occur in optic lobe