Most adult insects, including bees and dragonflies, have two large compound eyes, made up of separate, sometimes thousands, of lenses. They all point in different directions to give the insect a very wide field of vision. The lenses also help the insect see movement, enabling it to react quickly to seize its prey or escape danger. You can witness this yourself as you try to swat a fly in your home it’s almost impossible to catch a flying insect!
- Where does the Sun shine the most?
- Why do butterflies and other insects fly from flower to flower?
- How do insects grow?
- Why are there so many insects?
- How many different kinds of insects are there?
- How long is the giant anteater’s tongue?
- Is it true that a shark can smell a drop of blood from a mile away?
- Why is the walrus nicknamed tooth walker?
- Do bighorn sheep break their horns when they charge?
- Why are polar bears white?
- Do bears really sleep through an entire winter?
- What happens during an eclipse of the Sun?
- Which African animal can eat up to half a ton of plants each day?
- Why do zebras have stripes?
- Why do camels have humps?
- Which mammal is the smelliest?
- Which mammal spends the most time sleeping?
- What is an endangered species?
- Which animal is both the biggest mammal and the largest living creature on Earth?
- Which mammal is the slowest?
