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== [[Real Life]]==
* Other species naturally have eyes that look very different from humans: Snakes have vertical slits for pupils; goats and sheep have blocky horizontal rectangles for pupils and yellow sclera; and cats have pupils that vary from looking similar to human eyespupils to becoming narrow vertical slits in bright lights. This givesgave rise to the trope [[Animal Eyes]], (fromfor general animalistic eyes on a character), and [[Hellish Pupils]], ([[Animalwhere Eyes]]the former beingis used to indicate sinister intentions), as they are generally seen as unsettling at the least and outright scary at the worst.
** Fire Bellied Toads have heart shaped pupils, contrasting with their green/orange/black "warty" bodies. ▼* Snakes have vertical slits for pupils. Goats and sheep have blocky horizontal rectangles for pupils and yellow sclera. Cats have pupils that vary from looking similar to human pupils to becoming narrow vertical slits in bright lights. All of these eyes are generally seen as unsettling at the least and outright scary at the worst, which contributes to their use under [[Hellish Pupils]]. More examples are listed on that trope's page.
▲** Fire Bellied Toads have heart shaped pupils, contrasting with their green/orange/black "warty" bodies.
* The campaign to find [[wikipedia:Madeline McCann|Madeleine McCann]] made heavy use of the [[wikipedia:Coloboma|coloboma]] in her right eye as a means to identify her.
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