Evil eyes

[Hellion]

:devil Ever notice that when you get home at night and before you turn on the lights you happen to see two bright dots whitch kind of look like penlight flashlights! If your not expecting it; It might startle you. Sometimes it can make you feel a little scared if you just saw a horror movie. You can make a cats eyes glow on command if you just happen to be very bored. All you have to do is take a flashlight or a lighter and make sure the room you are in is very dim. You turn on the flashlight or light the lighter and hold it close to your face be careful not to burn yourself. Also the cat or dog has to be at least 10 feet in front of you to make it work right. With the flashlight turned on: shine it at your face so you get a glare and look at where your pet is and you see the eyes glow very bright! I still do not know why this happens: but it only works when you get any form of light glare in your face. Its amazing what you can do when you get extremely bored.

[TomCat]

yeah, but my doggy's eyes are "Angel Eyes."

[DarkChylde]

I've known this story too well :laughing

[SomeDanGuy]

For inquiring minds who want to know, the structure causing this is called the tapetum lucidum. It is a reflective layer behind the retina. In our eyes, whatever light gets past the rods and cones (light sensing cells) is absorbed in a black black black pigmented layer. In cats and dogs (and other assorted animals I'm sure), they instead have this reflective layer behind the retina that bounces light back through the retina, giving the cells a second chance to absorb the light. That's why your pet can see so much better in the dark than you can.

[Black Sunday9]

For inquiring minds who want to know, the structure causing this is called the tapetum lucidum.  It is a reflective layer behind the retina.  In our eyes, whatever light gets past the rods and cones (light sensing cells) is absorbed in a black black black pigmented layer.  In cats and dogs (and other assorted animals I'm sure), they instead have this reflective layer behind the retina that bounces light back through the retina, giving the cells a second chance to absorb the light.  That's why your pet can see so much better in the dark than you can.

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you trying to pick up chicks with the science talk again? :grin

how do you know all of this stuff anyway? Where did you go to College?

[soothsayer]

For inquiring minds who want to know, the structure causing this is called the tapetum lucidum.  It is a reflective layer behind the retina.  In our eyes, whatever light gets past the rods and cones (light sensing cells) is absorbed in a black black black pigmented layer.  In cats and dogs (and other assorted animals I'm sure), they instead have this reflective layer behind the retina that bounces light back through the retina, giving the cells a second chance to absorb the light.  That's why your pet can see so much better in the dark than you can.

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I find that the more I read from SDG the more I learn. :grin

[SomeDanGuy]

Went to college at Illinois Wesleyan University. I was a biology major, so that's why I know this sort of stuff. I'm just a super science nerd.

I wasn't trying (this time ) to try to get tail with science; I just get excited about knowing how stuff works and want to share. ...maybe I should consider teaching some day. I guess I kind of enjoy it

[Daevion]

For inquiring minds who want to know, the structure causing this is called the tapetum lucidum.  It is a reflective layer behind the retina.  In our eyes, whatever light gets past the rods and cones (light sensing cells) is absorbed in a black black black pigmented layer.  In cats and dogs (and other assorted animals I'm sure), they instead have this reflective layer behind the retina that bounces light back through the retina, giving the cells a second chance to absorb the light.  That's why your pet can see so much better in the dark than you can.

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well thats interesting....professor somedanguy, heh :laughing

[Brenda Starrr]

For inquiring minds who want to know, the structure causing this is called the tapetum lucidum.  It is a reflective layer behind the retina.  In our eyes, whatever light gets past the rods and cones (light sensing cells) is absorbed in a black black black pigmented layer.  In cats and dogs (and other assorted animals I'm sure), they instead have this reflective layer behind the retina that bounces light back through the retina, giving the cells a second chance to absorb the light.  That's why your pet can see so much better in the dark than you can.

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Science is sexy.