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    Question: do bacteria have eyes?

    • Keywords:
      • bacteria,
      • eye,
      • sight,
      • vision
    Asked by sara2012 to David, Jonathan, Pete, Sam on 5 Jul 2012.
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      Pete Etchells answered on 5 Jul 2012:


      Eyes are hugely complex things, and bacteria are so small that they don’t really have space for them. There are types of larger, multicellular organisms that do have very primitive forms of eyes though, which basically look like little pits with light sensors in them.

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    iluvsciece commented on 6 Jul 2012:

    All of mine have eyes hehehehe 😀

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