It's to be presumed that we humans are the pinnacle of all of the god-character's creations; "the paragon of animals". So why are there apprently 'lesser' creatures with far more efficient eyes than ours? We didn't coin the phrase "eagle-eyed" just for the shits and giggles, for example. By comparison with many examples of vision in other species, our own eyes are the equivalent of the tatty old leftovers from god's "scraps 'n' spares" bin. They break down extremely quickly compared to the lifetime of thir owner; they are vulnerable to a whole range of degenerative diseases not to mention parasites; the range of the electromagnetic spectrum they can perceive is embarrassingly limited; they function very, almost catastrophically, poorly at night and under similar low-light conditions; they are essentially wired backwards in the chassis of the head... the list goes on and on.
If only we'd kept the receipt.
If only we'd kept the receipt.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
