Okay, I thought that they were like clams and the picture at the start of the article was showing a row of eyes between the fuzzy/spiky stuff on the side but after looking them up, that shiny part between the fuzzy/spiky stuff in the picture is it's shell. The eyes are tiny specs between all the fuzzy/spiky stuff.

[–] Oka@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That still doesn't help the feeling that it has eyes all over.

[–] ShaunaTheDead@fedia.io 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still don't know WHY they have eyes all over their shells even after reading the article. It's a pretty click baity title, but I guess it worked on me so they won this round.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

What's click baity? They literally have eyes all over their shells. The article goes into the 2 main eye types they've evolved, when they evolved them, and supposes it's to avoid getting eaten which is a pretty reasonable theory.

I guess the "sea creature mystery" is a bit click baity but not the eyes all over it's shell part.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

"Eyes over its shell" = neat, moving on

"Researchers solve mystery of eyes over its shell" = Oh, what's the mystery? Must be WHY they have those eyes. Better click the article to find out!

[–] ShaunaTheDead@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

Look up pictures of chiton (the name of the creature in question). It's nearly impossible to find a picture that looks like the shell itself are the eyes, yet in the article featured front and center is a picture of a chiton with a shell that happens to look like bug eyes.

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