Abstract
In dim illumination, adult human pupil area becomes asymptotic at about 51 mm2 whereas the dolphin pupil achieves an area of about 70 mm2 under equivalent conditions. At moderate illumination levels (greater than 100 lx), the dolphin pupil becomes a horizontally oriented ellipse and develops a pronounced central constriction with additional light. The relative relationship between pupil area and illumination copmares closely with published human data. Rates of pupil response to step increments in illumination are very similar for the two species. Although the pupil has been proposed as a mechanism for correction of the dolphins' high aerial myopia, correlation of the laboratory findings on static and kinetic pupil properties with visually controlled aerial behaviors disclosed no special interdependence.
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