FACTS ABOUT THE #EYE 1. The world’s most common eye colour is brown. 2. Infants don't produce follicles when they have #conjunctival inflammation due to lack of adenoid layer. 3. Colour #blindness is more common in males, inherited from their mothers. Don't be surprised if a man sees green as red! 4. Women have better colour perception than men; they can identify different shades of colours. 5. It’s possible to blink five times in a single second. Try it! 6. You see with your brain, not your eyes. Our eyes function like a camera, capturing light and sending data back to the #brain. That's the difference between sight and vision, both of them work together anyways! 7. We have two #eyeballs in order to give us depth perception – comparing two images allows us to determine how far away an object is from us. 8. New borns are usually #hyperopic (long-sighted). 9. #Cornea attains adult size by 2years of age. 10. The human eye lens grows throughout life. 11. Eye colour is determined by the amount of #melanin in your #iris (i.e anterior limiting membrane). 12. Any disruption of binocular vision between 6months to 4years will result in #strabismus or #amblyopia. Infants should have their eyes examined between 9months to 1year. 13. Your eye muscles are the fastest muscles in the body – that's why when something happens quickly, we say ‘in the blink of an eye!’ 14. Your eyes become tired when you read or stare at a computer, this is because you #blink less often. 15. Although our nose and ears keep growing throughout our lives, our eyes remain the same size from birth. 16 You blink more when you talk. I know you just tried it now! 17. #Diabetes is the major cause of poor #vision in adults. 18.People generally read 25 times slower on screen than on book. 19. The eyes of chameleon are independent of each other, allowing it to look at two different directions at once. 20. Your eyes contain about 7 million #cones which help you see colours and fine details, as well as 120 million cells called rods which help you to see better in the dark. 21. #Geckos can see colours around 350 times better than a human, even in dim lighting. See Top 100 below: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5S0qNphr9T/?igshid=5wr71v9sbe1f
