You Are Researching the Adaptations of a Newly Discovered Mammal

question 80

Multiple Choice

You are researching the adaptations of a newly discovered mammal that is active mostly at night. Which adaptation to the eye would you expect to find?

• A) Thicker vitreous humor behind the lens
• B) An eyespot that can only discern light from dark
• C) A reflective choroid behind the retina
• D) Crustacean flattened cornea resulting in farsightedness
• E) Many individual light- sensitive subunits in each eye

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