Bonus - Giant Praying Mantis Tells Tarantula about Humans

Giant Praying Mantis Tells Tarantula about Humans
Air date	July 31, 2021
Writer	Rev Storm
Director	Rev Storm

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Overview:

Sophodra tells Rose that she needs more appreciaton for humans. So Sophodra takes a second to think about what Rose could appreciate about Humans. So she talks about how humans use sphincter muscles. Sophodra explains that the same muscle for insects use for their digestive tract humans use to focus light into their eye. Rose mildly states how that is a neat fact. To clarify Rose asks if they use it in their mouths, which Sophodra declines and tells her that they use it for "their other end." In doing so, she makes Rose ends up stating how she "doesnt appreciate that at all."

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It's true! The upper layer of your iris is primarily comprised of a sphincter muscle, the sphincter pupillae. By contracting or expanding, it controls the light directed onto the layer of light-sensitive cells inside of your eyes (the retina). This is what allows you to focus on individual objects in your field of vision. Insects and most arachnids, lacking irises, cannot do this. (Jumping spiders are a notable exception, using two lenses per eye for much the same effect.)

However, I don't think I would have described it in terms of "squirts."

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Sources

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