Cute kid.

I remember reading a while back and of course can't find anything about it now, but a fraction of people have a markedly increased night vision over most folk, and I knew one of these guys, there were times we would be out and he would point out something and no one else could see it, we might have to go to 1/2 or less the distance before anyone else could see what he saw. But he definitely didn't have one of these, wiki:

Many animals have a tissue layer called the tapetum lucidum in the back of the eye that reflects light back through the retina, increasing the amount of light available for it to capture. This is found in many nocturnal animals and some deep sea animals, and is the cause of eyeshine. Humans lack a tapetum lucidum.

Very very strange if true, he's a throwback, or forward, it would be nice to have one eye like that and the other a more normal eye. Oh well, soon we'll have terminator eyes available, I could go for that without hesitation.

I've got good night vision - but nothing comparable to my dad.

I'd be interested in a real study of this kid to see whether it's just that he's more sensitive to light (as with albinos), or whether there really is some mutation in the eyes that relates to improved night vision.

He's so obviously a human-alien hybrid. Isn't he? Well, only one way to tell. If he grows up with a propensity for anal probing, that'll confirm it.

I guess I know a lot of alien hybrids.

Spearthrower wrote:I've got good night vision - but nothing comparable to my dad.

I'd be interested in a real study of this kid to see whether it's just that he's more sensitive to light (as with albinos), or whether there really is some mutation in the eyes that relates to improved night vision.

If that reflecting light bit is true, that is some kind of mutation, or incredibly rare gene popping out from an ancient ancestor.

crank wrote:I guess I know a lot of alien hybrids.

Mazille wrote:
Also, I don't quite know why this topic is in this forum.... Give me a second.

Now we have a thread entitled Alien Hybrid/Starchild/Khajit? in the Biology forum!

Time to get serious! I propose Starchild because I have no idea what that is, and I have never heard of a human with a tapetum lucidum. I do, however, note that the claim about his eyes reflecting light wasn't shown in the video.

I'm getting many of my threads shuffled around a bit lately. Had I know it belonged in the biology section, I would have given it a different title. Oh well..