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Originally Posted by Writertype  But your eyes are like a dog's, or a cat's, or a bird of prey's. They are forward-facing and binocular rather than widely spaced to survey for the movements of predators. That allows for excellent depth perception, which carnivores need for chasing down prey.
You are right that there seem to be many similarities between our bodies and the bodies of herbivores. Others are also right when they say that there seem to be many similarities between our bodies and the bodies of carnivores.
This could reasonably lead you to the shocking conclusion that (drumroll, please) we are adapted for both eating vegetation and eating meat! |
So why do animals have eyes on the sides of their heads.
It is because other animals are looking to eat them! Otherwise it is bettor to have eyes in the front of the head. Why? Who says so? Why do you say that? Because with 2 eyes you can see in 3-D. With eyes on the side of the head, you cannot see in 3-D.
So we have 2 eyes in front so we can see 3-D movies. Also in the U.S., you cannot drive if you only have one eye that sees. Is this cause they do not like one-eyed people? No! It is cause they cannot see in 3 dimensions and gauge distances. Everything to them is the same distance.
Say you want to find where a radio signal is coming from. One tracker can tell you the line that it is coming from (the exact direction). But it cannot tell you where on the line it is coming from. With a second tracker you have a second line of where it is coming from. Then you figure out where the 2 lines cross and you know the exact point that it is coming from.
This is the first thing that you learn in geometry or gee, I'm a tree. Why do we have 2 ears? For the same reason, to gauge where the sound is coming from. Then why 2 nostrils? Since it is normal for one to be clogged while dispelling mucus.
Many apes and monkeys eat no meat but they have eyes in the front of the head. Other animals do not go hunting for them since gorillas are king of the jungle. That is where they got the idea of King Kong and Mighty Joe Young.
Also they are like ducks. Ducks stick together. You mess with one duck and you have to fight them all. Now primates are the most evolved of the animals.
Seeing in
color has
nothing to do with eating meat or not, but most animals cannot see in
color, but
humans can. Why? Because it is a better way to see and so we can watch color TV and have color monitors. And also so this forum can have
colored text. I apologize for this if you are color blind or have only one eye. No offense intended.
Since the human is at the apex of evolution, he has the ability to live off of many varied foods. He can eat greens like herbivores. He can eat meat like lions. He can eat other humans (cannibalism) unlike many meat-eating animals but like fish-- guppies. He can eat rats like snakes. He can eat bugs like frogs and lizards do. He can eat algae like the fish do. He can eat worms like birds do and man can fly in the air like a bird. This makes him better at survival.