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Quoted from wiki
"Eye pinning, also known as eye flashing or eye blazing, is a form of body language used by parrots. The term that refers to the rapid and very conspicuous dilation and constriction of the pupils of the bird's eyes in response to an external stimulus. Unlike humans, parrots are able to control this reflex and use it as a form of nonverbal communication.
It can be an indication that the parrot is feeling excited, angry, afraid or is interested in something. In some circumstances, it may also be a warning that the parrot is currently in a state of being where it will bite if touched"
Such a tiny pupil i don't know how they can see out of that.
I've seen this on YouTube but cockatiels have such a dark iris that their eye just looks black.
Now I see this eye pinning in my princess parrot and it makes me wonder what their vision is doing when they do that.
In human eyes and automatic camera lenses the pupil in the eye (or aperture in the camera) goes small in bright conditions to restrict light entry. In dark conditions it gets larger to let in more light.
If our pupils are too small in the dark we won't see well, if their too large in the light we won't see well either, same with a camera but seemingly not so with parrots. How can that be possible?
Also the parrot can control its pupils. WHAAAT THE HAIL. Ours are automatic, they go big or small depending on light condidtions. But we can't control them, that's weird.
I'd love to see what their vision is like, I think it's very different to ours and we don't really know, we can only ponder.
I'd love to be a bird for a day or more to find out that along with a few other things.
What are your thoughts? Do you understand how their eyes work?
"Eye pinning, also known as eye flashing or eye blazing, is a form of body language used by parrots. The term that refers to the rapid and very conspicuous dilation and constriction of the pupils of the bird's eyes in response to an external stimulus. Unlike humans, parrots are able to control this reflex and use it as a form of nonverbal communication.
It can be an indication that the parrot is feeling excited, angry, afraid or is interested in something. In some circumstances, it may also be a warning that the parrot is currently in a state of being where it will bite if touched"
Such a tiny pupil i don't know how they can see out of that.
I've seen this on YouTube but cockatiels have such a dark iris that their eye just looks black.
Now I see this eye pinning in my princess parrot and it makes me wonder what their vision is doing when they do that.
In human eyes and automatic camera lenses the pupil in the eye (or aperture in the camera) goes small in bright conditions to restrict light entry. In dark conditions it gets larger to let in more light.
If our pupils are too small in the dark we won't see well, if their too large in the light we won't see well either, same with a camera but seemingly not so with parrots. How can that be possible?
Also the parrot can control its pupils. WHAAAT THE HAIL. Ours are automatic, they go big or small depending on light condidtions. But we can't control them, that's weird.
I'd love to see what their vision is like, I think it's very different to ours and we don't really know, we can only ponder.
I'd love to be a bird for a day or more to find out that along with a few other things.
What are your thoughts? Do you understand how their eyes work?