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Jess Shillaw

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Jess was born in Kwazulu/Natal but grew up in Cape Town. Having an innate love for all things wild but getting to spend little time in the bush while growing up, she headed straight for the Lowveld after school. She completed a guiding ...

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on The Evolution of an Eye

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Joan Schmiidt
Master Tracker

Jess, wonderful story🤗
I never knew that about cats, I have seen my daughters cat – and he has been side slit pupils!

Denise Vouri
Guest contributor

Fascinating Jess. I’d never thought about the pupil design of predator or prey…. always something to learn.

Joanne Wadsworth Kelley
Master Tracker

Frankly I have never given much thought to the pupil’s shape and the rational behind it. Facinating information. Your images are truly stunning!

Jen Lum
Senior Digital Ranger

Simply stunning pictures, and revelations!

Earline Rochester
Digital Ranger

Great article, interesting. Thanks!

Anym V
Explorer

Amazing information. The Londololozi blog is one of the few sites that make research information appealing❤

Bob and Lucie Fjeldstad
Guest contributor

How about a few close-up photos like these that clearly show how you designate the leopards by number, 3-3, 3-2, etc etc

Leonie De Young
Master Tracker

A very interesting blog Jess. A lot of what you said does make sense for both predators and prey. Wonder if the same applies to raptors?? Thanks for sharing this with us. Enjoyed reading it.

Wendy Macnicol
Digital Tracker

I never think much about different pupils of eyes! This has been a most interesting read, Jess. Thank you so much!
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Marinda Drake
Master Tracker

Interesting blog Jess.

Jennifer Ridgewell
Senior Digital Ranger

Another interesting, informative blog Jess. More for us to learn. Thank you.

Alex McMillan
Senior Digital Ranger

Thanks for digging into this topic and sharing what you’ve found out in such a clear and concise way. Fascinating that smaller predators have better blur control, while the grazers are excellent “obstacle avoiders.” Send more insights if you have other observations in the bush that are worth investigation!

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