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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Thank you, I came here to say the same thing. The problem isn't that we don't glow, it's the fact that our eyes suck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also you are a flying squid and not a glowing squid, so its no wonder that we/you don't glow.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I speak as a human when I wear my human costume. That's exactly why I have this shirt:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Don't we have some of the best eyes in the entire animal kingdom except for birds?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

"Best eyes"

Adjusts glasses

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not good enough obviously.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

We have blood vessels in front of our visual sensors. Squid and octopuses have better designed eyes.

I don't know how we compare in visual acuity to them, but they don't need to fake as much of their visual field as we do