Multiple choice general knowledge

Dragonfly eye has

  1. 40,000 lenses

  2. 20,000 lenses

  3. 50,000 lenses

  4. 30,000 lenses
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Explanation

Dragonflies possess compound eyes composed of approximately 30,000 individual lenses called omatidia. Each ommatidium functions as a separate visual unit that detects light from a specific direction, and the dragonfly's brain processes this information to form a complete image. This extraordinary visual system gives dragonflies nearly 360-degree vision and exceptional motion detection, allowing them to capture prey with over 95% success rate - the highest in the animal kingdom. The 30,000 figure varies slightly among species but is the generally accepted range.

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