Eyes Observation for Class

        I love to read. I actually feel bad for other species that can’t take their thoughts and write them down for others to read and reread whenever they want. The ability to read uses the ability to see different areas without moving our heads. Even every day when I’m doing this, that or the other thing and my son is running around the house playing, I have to keep my eyes on one thing but utilize my peripheral vision to see everything else going on around me. Without the ability to move my eyes without moving my head I’d constantly be giving myself whiplash. The advantage to humans moving our eyes without moving our heads is that we can see what is to approaching us from either side of our vision as well as what is right in front of us. It allows us to have a greater scope of vision without having to constantly move our heads to see what may or may not be coming for where a particular sound came from. It allows us to assess an area better and broader than if we had to constantly shake our head no to see what was around us. I honestly see no disadvantages to being able to move our eyes without moving our heads to see. There are other species that have eyes on the sides of their heads for food/prey purposes and they obviously have a greater side scope than humans do but they need that, they do not need here eyes in front of there heads to do such things as multitask or read. Humans do. Being able to move our eyes without moving our heads is one of those things that we take for granted that helps us navigate through life easier as humans. It is something that aids us when we're in certain situations and needs to have a broader scope on what is going on around us but can't take our eyes off of what were immediately doing, may it be driving a car watching for animals to dart out or being a mom, etc.