A buff Cocker spaniel will generally show a yellow tapetal reflection. A black Labrador retriever, for example, will usually have a green tapetal reflection. The color of this tapetal layer varies to some extent with an animal's coat color. This double stimulation of the retina helps these species to see better than humans do in dim light situations. Light passes through the animal's retina from outside of the eye and is then reflected back through the retina a second time from the reflective tapetal layer beneath the retina. Reflective layer in the back of the eye termed the tapetum, whichĮnhances nocturnal vision. People with light-colored eyes usually exhibit the worst red eye effect those individuals with dark-colored eyes may have enough pigment in the back of their eyes to mask this so-called red reflex.ĭogs, cats and almost all domestic animals have a special If the flash is on the same axis as the visual axis of the camera, the reflection of the light off the blood vessels in the person's retina will give an eerie, satanic "red eye" look. Occurs when a person looks directly at the camera when his or her picture is taken. "Red eye," the all too familiar nemesis of amateur photographers, YOUNG PUPPIES, such as this three-month-old Australian Shepherd, often show "blue eye" until the structures at the back of the eye fully develop.
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