Question

Explain why, an owl can see well in the night (but not during the day) whereas an eagle can see well during day (but not at night).

Answer 1

Answer:

because of rods and cones cells.

Explanation:

in an owl,the rods cells are present which is responsible for the sensation in dim light and the owl can see well in the night..and cones cells are absent in its eye..so owl is unable to see in daytime..

whereas rods cells are absent by which eagle are able to see during nightime and cones cells are present by which owl can see in daytime..thank u

Answer 2

Owls vision:

• Owls are night birds which means they can see properly during night time.
• The number of rods in retina is more than cones in retina.
• Rods of retina function is less amount of light.
• During morning time, since owls have less number of cones they cannot see properly.

Eagles vision:

• Eagles are morning birds which means they have clear sight during morning than night time.
• The number of comes in retina is more than rods in retina.
• Cones of retina function in good amount of light.
• During night time, the eagles do not have adequate amount of rods to see properly.