Seaing Double
San Diego Shooter
They say seahorses, which feed on microscopic marine creatures, have good vision that helps them corner their prey in dark corners of the ocean. They say although seahorses’ eyes are placed on either side of their head and can move independently, their peepers are close enough together that the creatures probably have pretty good depth perception, too. Seahorses, I’m telling you, make a habit of looking at stuff closely and figuring out what and where it is.
Curious, eh, what might be going through this one’s mind, confronted by its own reflection in the glass? Is it fooled by this simple trick of physics and light? Can it connect what it sees with its own delicate, translucent body? And if not, what then is its next step? The choices seem clear when another is so close and so, like you, intent: fight, seduce, befriend. What, O seahorse, will you do with yourself today?
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