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The refraction of light passing through water is different than when light passes through air, and the image a fish sees is not correctly focussed in its eye when it is not looking through water. This is similar in some ways to why a person wearing goggles has a much clearer view when underwater than a person without goggles.

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BECAUSE OF REFRACTION OF LIGHT

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Fish actually really short memory spans, some as short as 3 seconds. So you would virtually remember nothing. In addition, Fish have interesting view points. They view things in almost a distorted way.Also, fish have really sensitive hearing. So you when you tap on the glass . . . to them it sounds like bomb. Fish also have what is called a lateral line, which can detect sound waves. This is how they can hear thing from so far away. They can also detect food this way.


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Do fish eyes function like a fish eye lens?

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