Animal Eyes

Alfred Mosher Butts, a New York architect, invented the popular board game Scrabble in 1931. He wanted to create a game which involved some luck and a lot of skill (and a large vocabulary)! Butts decided on the point-values of the letters by studying the front page of the New York Times.

An angry turkey is a frightening thing. Male turkeys often try to impress their fellow turkeys by attacking bigger animals. Sometimes, humans are that bigger animal… If you feel threatened by an imposing turkey, call the authorities and try to make yourself as big as you possibly can. This might deter the bird, if you’re lucky.

The iris is a part of the eye found in most mammals and birds. The iris works as the eye's aperture, which is similar to a camera’s own aperture! It does this by adjusting the size of the pupil to make sure the correct amount of light reaches the retina.