AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In zoology, a monocular vision is a type of vision found mainly in animals with eyes placed on opposite sides of their head, such as fish, rabbits, and birds of prey. Most preys have monocular vision. It enables them to respond more quickly upon visually sensing a threat, such as seeing a predator.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stereoscopic vision evolved convergently in carnivores that judge distances to capture fast-moving prey. The field of view of a single eye is termed the monocular field, which in most species is almost semicircular, i.e. the areas coloured pink and blue in Figure 3a.

Detailed explanation-3: -The eyes of an animal with monocular vision are positioned on opposite sides of the animal’s head, giving it the ability to see two objects at once.

Detailed explanation-4: -Monocular vision is seeing with only one eye at a time. Seeing with both eyes is binocular vision. Animals with monocular vision can see a lot of area with that one eye-more than we can. This means they have an increased field of view, or area that is visible to the eye.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most predators have front-facing eyes, which give them a large binocular visual field and superior depth perception for accurate spatial localisation when zooming in on their prey. Herbivores, on the other hand, often have lateral orbits and an almost 360 field of vision to help detect approaching predators.