"This is an artist's impression of Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis, an apex predator that lived in Central Asia about 90 million years ago."

"A newly discovered dinosaur with shark-like teeth was the T. rex of its day"
Katie Hunt for CNN; September 10, 2021.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09...osaur-scn/index.html

If evolution had taken a different path . . .

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I would think an apex predator would have bigger eyes lol they're so tiny


"What a neat looking anima- haha look at its wee beady eyes!"

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i guess when your next meal is the size of a volkswagon beetle, you don't need really big eyeballs...

quote Originally posted by maryjane: i guess when your next meal is the size of a volkswagon beetle, you don't need really big eyeballs...

It looks like the orbit cavity is significantly larger than the eye itself so I wonder if the artist just picked tiny eyes as a stylistic choice.

quote Originally posted by FieroSTETZ: I would think an apex predator would have bigger eyes lol they're so tiny "What a neat looking anima- haha look at its wee beady eyes!"

Well it did go extinct so maybe the eyes didnt work out well for it.

Birds have small eyes and they seem to do pretty well. Big eyes are for seeing in the dark.

quote Originally posted by williegoat: Birds have small eyes and they seem to do pretty well. Big eyes are for seeing in the dark.

Yeah but raptors (the birds) tend to have a pretty decent eye to body ratio.

quote Originally posted by FieroSTETZ: Yeah but raptors (the birds) tend to have a pretty decent eye to body ratio.

because the generally fly at a higher altitude while hunting.
Smaller birds are feeding on the ground and don't need exceptional eyesight. eye placement is as or more important than size. Hunters have forward facing eyes while prey have eyes more to the sides.

Better now.

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