Why do Mice have red eyes?
2007-01-05 13:16:17 · 9 answers · asked by dowboy98 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
There are two answers. The first is simple. When taking photos of people, we often see 'red-eye' where the light is reflected off of the retina. The second that is found most commonly in albino animals is the absence of pigment in the iris, allowing the blood vessels or the vascularity to show through. Brown-eye people have a denser layer of pigment in their iris...thought to be a natural means to protect the retina...blue-eyed people have less and their eyes are more sun-sensitive, but red-eyed animals have none and their eyes are most light-sensitive or photophobic.The retina lining the back of the eye is covered with capillaries and nerve endings and you are seeing this blood-rich area by reflected or refracted light.
2007-01-05 13:32:15 · answer #1 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The red is blood,
Some mice don't have eye pupils.
2007-01-05 13:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
White mice have red eyes because they are albinos. True albinos have red eyes, due to the lack of color pigment.
2007-01-05 13:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by sngcanary 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Only albino ones do- and that's because there is no melanin, or dark brown pigment, to color them darker. On normal mice, sometimes they seem red, but that's usually because of the light reflecting off their retinas.
2007-01-05 13:20:36 · answer #4 · answered by Elle B 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is basically the light angle you put it at. They naturally have black or brown eyes. White mice have a deep red. They are nocturnal so they need that kind of eye lighting.
2007-01-05 13:20:15 · answer #5 · answered by Kristina 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
White mice are albinos - meaning that they do not have any colored pigments in their body. The red color results from the blood behind the eyes, since there is no pigment to mask the blood color.
2007-01-05 13:21:04 · answer #6 · answered by science1975 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Not all rats have red eyes. Only albino rats. Trust me. In fourth grade we did a rat experiment with milk and sugar water with some rats. (we named them Mountain Dew and Pepsi) My teacher told us about albino rats and that they have red eyes. Plus I've had an albino gerbil.
2007-01-06 06:32:48 · answer #7 · answered by delaney . 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it incredibly is an exceedingly small probability. it incredibly is totally organic for a albino animal to have purple eyes. And infact, an entire albino animal is meant to have purple eyes. So no, your rat is virtually definetaly not blind.
2016-10-30 03:03:22 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all alcoholics... Those pesky mice, and their habits...
2007-01-05 13:19:44 · answer #9 · answered by mobileminiatures 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋