Most lizards are borne with three eyes. They have 2 eyes that everyone can see but there is actually a third eye on top of their head that looks like a small bump. The third eye is just used for seeing light and dark.
In the case of the monitor lizard, if you were to hold one in your hand and cover this third eye, it causes the lizard to relax in your hand as the monitor lizard thinks he is safely tucked up under a rock.
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yes. when Hera found out that Argus was dead, she took his 100 eyes and placed them in the plumage of the peacock.
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No. The peacock was Hera's favorite bird, but was previously unadorned. It wasn't until the death of her servant, Argus Panoptes (who had 100 pairs of eyes), that the eyes became a prominent feature on the birds plumage.
The Greek creature known as Argus had one-hundred eyes. He was transformed into a peacock.
Hera gave the eyes of Argus Panoptes to the peacock.
Hera's animal is a peacock because it was said she was as proud and self centered as a peacock. Also the Peacock she created it in memory of her servant who had 1,000 eyes which are the spots that look like eyes on the peacocks feathers.
Hera favoured her servant Argos, so when Zeus had Hermes kill Argos, Hera was moved by compassion and transformed the dying Argos into a Peacock. The shapes on the Peacock's many tail feathers were remind Hera of her loyal servant, the Peacock later became a holy symbol to Hera