“highest density Mr. Bolin tallied in the whale’s eye was about 180 retinal ganglia per square millimeter. Humans can have about 35 to 40,000 per square millimeter, while keen-eyed birds of prey can have up to 70,000 in the same area.” Posted on May 20, 2025 by jgordon https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/science/humpback-whale-vision-collisions.html Humpback whales hardly see anything.