Modelling the visual world of a velvet worm
Fig 9
Velvet worm view of their natural habitat.
The original images are 180° equisolid angle fisheye images taken from velvet worm vantage points in their natural habitat. All images contain major structures (fallen logs) under which velvet worms were found hiding during the day. Only these major structures are passed by the eye’s optics. This would be enough to navigate towards dark hiding places but not for seeing other animals. The large red circle indicates the field of view and the small cross is the centre of the area with highest resolution. The images are for the right eye of the animal and the centre cross indicates the view directions.