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Slow motion of an Eagle blinking, using its inner eyelid called the “nictitating membrane”pic.twitter.com/8c24N4vbz2
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We all know it's just Bran Stark taking control of the bird.
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Ah yes what we call “the tongue of the eye”, the nictitating membrane is full of taste buds capable of enjoying gustatory experiences you and I can only dream of
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Give credit to the Slow Mo Guys.
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Alligators also have these which keeps the eye safe while under water...
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That’s what I do when my husband says something daft...
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Human and primate eyes have remnants of these and in the rare case below, are born with them.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426135/ …
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Since humans also have (a vestigial) one, I'd kind of hope we all know what it's called.
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Wait... are you saying you know the name of every one of the thousands of parts of the human body, and that you expect that everyone else does too? You must've studied really hard in anatomy class! ;p
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Ok, I am getting my MA in bioarchaeology, so I'll admit I'm more familiar than most re. bones & muscle attachments, but this is in our eye!
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In humans, it's generally called the semilunar fold, but it's a vestigial nictitating membrane. :D
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