Curious Kids: why do spiders need so many eyes but we only need two?
- Written by Samantha Nixon, PhD, The University of Queensland
Jumping spiders, like this one, usually have eight eyes: two very large front eyes to get a clear, colour image and judge distance, and extra side eyes to detect when something is moving. Flickr/Thomas Shahan, CC BY-NC-ND
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