page_title: Blindness in animals
hierarchical_section_title: Blindness in animals
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Europäische Maulwurf - PortraitEnglish&#x3a;&#32; European Mole - PortraitFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Taupe commune - Portrait
context_page_description: Visual perception in animals plays an important role in the animal kingdom, most importantly for the identification of food sources and avoidance of predators. For this reason, blindness in animals is a unique topic of study.
  In general, nocturnal or subterranean animals have less interest in the visual world, and depend on other sensory modalities. Visual capacity is a continuum, with humans falling somewhere in the center.
context_section_description: Visual perception in animals plays an important role in the animal kingdom, most importantly for the identification of food sources and avoidance of predators. For this reason, blindness in animals is a unique topic of study.
  In general, nocturnal or subterranean animals have less interest in the visual world, and depend on other sensory modalities. Visual capacity is a continuum, with humans falling somewhere in the center.
caption: A mole.
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