Play with animal eyes

Games, quizzes and toys built from real animal eyes. Wave a red cape at a bull, read an eye chart like a cat, rank who sees sharpest, or play today's Guess the Eye. Free, no sign-up, nothing to download.

This season

• World Animal DaySunday 4 October. See the world through their eyes, then share ten facts.
• Halloween costume checkYour costume through your dog's or cat's eyes. Spooky, or just khaki?
• Shark weekYour swimsuit through shark eyes. Pick the one they barely notice.

Games

• Guess the EyeFive pictures a day. Whose eyes are these?
• Higher or lowerSharper or blurrier than the last animal? Keep the streak alive.
• Rank itDrag five animals into order. Harder than it looks.

Quizzes

• Which animal am I?Six quick questions about your habits. Meet your eye twin.
• Random eye factsTap for another fact. Then another. Then just one more.

Toys

• Face-off builderPick any two animals and let their eyes battle it out.
• Colour wheelSpin the rainbow through a dog's, bee's or bird's eyes.
• Sneak up on a horseWho can see behind them? Try to creep up unseen.
• Slow-motion swatSwat a fly the way the fly sees it: slowly.
• Animal eye chartRead the chart like a cat, a dog or an eagle.
• How far can animals see?Pick a sign and an animal. Who reads it first?
• Goldfish messageType a message and see it through goldfish eyes.
• Can my pet watch TV?Pick your pet and a screen. See what changes for it.
• Dog toy coloursWhich ball can your dog actually find in the grass?
• Who's awake now?Check the clock: which animals are busy right now?

Leaderboards

• Best eyesightSharpest, fastest, most colours. Find where you rank.
• Colour countOne square per animal. See who beats your three colour types.

Myth busters

• Do bulls hate red?Wave the cape through a bull's eyes and see what really sets it off.
• Can T. rex see you if you don't move?Would standing still save you? Take the test.

New to play

• Night visionTurn down the light and compare your eyes with a hawkmoth, a frog, a bee or a shark. Built from studies of real eyes. Free, no sign-up.
• Fossil timelineSlide back through time and meet the animals whose eyes we rebuilt from fossils, from the first eyes to T. rex. Try any of them on your photo.
• Cat laser coloursA red laser dot looks khaki to a cat. See red, green and blue dots on three carpets as you and your cat see them, and which one stands out most.
• Horse blind spotsA horse sees almost all the way around, except a narrow wedge right behind it. Tap the map to see each zone, then print it for the yard or the classroom.
• Horse colour checkerCheck ten jump pole colour pairs on sand and grass through a horse's eyes. Green and orange blend into grass; red and white stands out everywhere.
• Day or night?Drag eight animals into the day bin or the night bin, then check. 409 animals, each with studied daily habits. Free, no sign-up.
• Animals that see ultraviolet353 animals in our data see ultraviolet. Browse the 125 with their own page, with photos, by group: birds, insects, fish and more.
• Whose eyes glow?Sweep a torch over a night scene and find the hidden animals: 6 of them have eyes that shine back. A free game from studies of real eyes.
• Fact widgetA free animal fact widget: paste one line and show a new animal eye fact on every visit. 403 facts, no cookies, no ads, nothing collected.
• Valentine cardMake a Valentine card with a poem true to how your dog, cat or a bee sees colour. Save it as a story, post or link card. Free, nothing uploaded.
• World Bee DayWorld Bee Day is on 20 May. See a garden the way a honey bee does, try your own photo, and find out about the ultraviolet colour bees see.
• Colour-blind twinRed-green colour-blind? For a cat, a dog and 142 more animals, reds and greens merge too. Pick your type and meet your twins.
• Christmas lightsCan dogs see Christmas lights? Yes, in fewer colours. See your tree through dog and cat eyes, and why a fly sees some lights flicker.
• Brand colour checkerCheck brand and packaging colours through dog, cat and horse eyes: see which colour pairs a pet can tell apart and print a report. Runs on your device.

Want the real thing? See your own photo through animal eyes.