Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal kingdom: how they work, why they’ve taken the form they have, and the evolutionary advantages they’ve unlocked across species.
Director: Joe Pickard
Director of Photography: Olivia Kuan
Editor: Matthew Colby
Expert: Lars Schmitz
Creative Producer: Christie Garcia
Line Producer: Joe Buscemi
Associate Producer: Amy Haskour
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Casting Producer: Nicole Ford
Gaffer: Nick Massey
Sound Mixer: Kari Barber
Production Assistant: Fernando Barajas
Researcher: Paul Gulyas
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Designer: Violet Reed
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I think it’s crazy how everything we see is in the past everything we see
Lizards are my favorite animals and geckos salamanders too lol
I wish he would have explained why some snakes have the vertical slit, like vipers, and some don’t, like boas
i am missing info, i wanted more in deep, bud its too bias and also lacking of knoledge or meaning to comunicate it, a little pedantic
This is a fantastic video! Thank you Professor Lars Schmitz and WIRED!
While u researched all this was it possible to see what they see living in different environments with different light conditions such as water fresh or saline ?
We only compare to the human condition?
My 3rd-grade art students and I were fascinated by this presentation. I wish that I could find a copy of your photos to share with them as visual resources for their project. Nevertheless, I am grateful for this.
Si hicieran más zoom cuando explica con la réplica del ojo, podría ver mejor y aprender mejor.
How brilliant, I loved the video thanks
This is awesome but I wish you could make another video just about all the extreme eyes which includes diagrams—such as eagles and jumping spiders. The eagle interior eye shape is super interesting and so is the jumping spiders 2 main eyes, etc. ❤
The blue ‘dragonfly’ shown in the photo is actually a damselfly and the black one shown in the footage is an actual dragon fly if im not mistaken
octopus eyes always freak me out, but i also love them
12:43 Um, that’s not a dragon fly, that’s a damselfly.
He had me until he said dogs don’t see color. They do, they’re effectively red/green color blind. Otherwise a great video
35:08 red iris goes hard af
Amazing how animals have independently evolved such a variety of eyes suited for their needs over very different lineages.
Also, that image of a ‘dragonfly’ is actually a damselfly.
So what you’re saying is no animals have unlocked their Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?
Excellent quality, thank you
if this was made like a tierlist video im pretty sure it would get 5x views
Favorite episode ❤ love this