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Richard Turner is a celebrated American magician specializing in close-up card magic. His remarkable performances are notable due to his legal blindness, demonstrating exceptional skill and precision. He captivates audiences with intricate sleight of hand techniques, primarily focusing on card manip...

The Austin Blind Salamander (Eurycea waterlooensis) is a permanently aquatic, cave-dwelling salamander endemic to Travis County, Texas. As a troglobitic species, it lacks functional eyes and relies on specialized sensory organs to navigate the dark underground aquatic environments of the Edwards Aqu...

Belisarius xambeui is a rare, cave-dwelling scorpion species endemic to the eastern Pyrenees mountain range in Europe. First described by French arachnologist Eugène Simon in 1879, it is uniquely adapted to a subterranean lifestyle and completely lacks eyes and pigmentation. The species is the sole...

"Typhlochactas mitchelli" is a species of small, eyeless scorpion belonging to the family Typhlochactidae, endemic to Mexico. It was first scientifically described by William Sissom in 1988, based on specimens discovered in montane forest leaf litter in the state of Oaxaca. As a troglobitic or cave-...

The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) is an endangered, virtually blind freshwater cetacean native to the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna river systems in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Adapted to navigating murky, sediment-heavy waters, this subspecies lacks a functional crystall...

The Blanco Blind Salamander (Eurycea robusta) is a rare, depigmented aquatic salamander from the Edwards Plateau of Hays County, Texas, known from very few specimens collected from underground waters.

Eurycea troglodytes is a cave-adapted lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the Valdina Farms Sinkhole system in Medina County, Texas. It is one of several Eurycea salamanders associated with the subterranean aquatic habitats of the Edwards Plateau karst region in central Texa...

Cryptolithus is an extinct genus of trinucleid trilobite that lived during the Ordovician period. It is distinguished by its broad, perforated cephalic fringe, which extends outward from the head and is commonly referred to as a "lace collar." The genus was entirely blind, lacking compound eyes. Fos...

Blind cricket is an adaptation of cricket for blind and partially sighted players. It uses an audible ball containing bearings or similar noise-producing material, verbal calls between players, and modified delivery and fielding rules so participants can locate the ball through sound. Teams are clas...

Beep baseball is an adaptive form of baseball designed primarily for blind and visually impaired athletes. Players track an audible ball, run toward one of two buzzing bases after a hit, and attempt to score before a sighted defensive player fields the ball; pitchers and catchers are typically sight...

The Planina cave shrimp is an endemic, pigment-free freshwater crustacean native to subterranean waters in Slovenia. Classified within the family Atyidae, it exhibits typical cave-adapted traits including elongated appendages and sensory structures suited to life in total darkness. The species is pa...

Blind baseball is an adapted form of baseball designed to enable blind and visually impaired athletes to participate in batting, running, fielding, and team competition. The sport uses an audible ball so fielders can locate it by sound, while sighted assistants perform limited safety and organizatio...

Trinucleus is an extinct genus of trilobites that thrived during the Ordovician period, with fossils primarily located in Wales, Britain, and other parts of Europe. Belonging to the order Trinucleida, this genus lacked eyes and relied on other sensory mechanisms. It is highly distinguished by a broa...

Raphiophorus is an extinct genus of trilobites that existed during the Ordovician and Silurian geological periods. As a member of the family Raphiophoridae within the order Asaphida, this prehistoric arthropod possessed a highly streamlined body structure adapted to its marine environment. Its most...

Ampyx is an extinct genus of trilobite from the order Trinucleida that lived during the Ordovician period. These blind trilobites are easily recognized by the long, prominent glabellar spine that extends forward from the front of their cephalon, as well as their distinct genal spines. Fossil specime...

Early Ordovician trilobite known from Baltic and Gondwanan deposits, representing an early post-Cambrian radiation within its respective trilobite lineage.

Ichi is a 2008 Japanese action drama directed by Fumihiko Sori and starring Haruka Ayase in the title role. It presents a female interpretation of the Zatoichi tradition: Ichi is a blind traveling musician who is also a highly skilled swordswoman. The film follows her encounters with a wandering sam...

Conocoryphe is an extinct genus of Middle Cambrian trilobites in the family Conocoryphidae. Fossils are known from regions that include the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Turkey, and Wisconsin, and many species are characterized by reduced or absent eyes, although the genus also records variation in...

Lonchodomas is an extinct Ordovician trilobite genus in the raphiophorid group of the order Asaphida. Its defining feature is a long, straight, sword-like frontal spine formed by an anterior extension of the glabella; species also have five thoracic segments and a relatively short pygidium. Fossils...

Ordovician raphiophorid trilobite distinguished by a prominent forward-projecting rostral spine, found across European and North African shallow-marine Ordovician deposits.

Onnia is a genus of trinucleid trilobites from the Ordovician Period. It is known from parts of Europe and North Africa and belongs to a group characterized by a broad cephalic fringe. The fringe contains numerous regularly arranged perforations, giving the cephalon a distinctive sieve-like appearan...

Lotagnostus is a genus of small agnostid trilobites from the Cambrian Period. Agnostids were generally diminutive and had reduced or absent eyes, and Lotagnostus is commonly treated as a blind form. Its broad geographic distribution gives it value in biostratigraphy, the use of fossils to correlate...

Marrolithus is a genus of Ordovician trilobites in the family Trinucleidae. It has a broad cephalic fringe marked by pits and an eyeless cephalon, features characteristic of trinucleid morphology. These traits have been discussed in relation to the lifestyle of trinucleid trilobites, which are commo...

Tretaspis is an extinct genus of trinucleid trilobites from the Ordovician Period. Its broad cephalon carries a distinctive marginal fringe marked by concentric rows of pits, while the eyes are greatly reduced or absent, reflecting the specialized morphology of trinucleid trilobites. Fossils are kno...

Trinodus is an extinct genus of small Ordovician trilobites assigned to the raphiophorid lineage. It is characterized by a relatively large cephalon compared with the rest of the exoskeleton, a simplified body form, and a small or reduced pygidium. Its fossils occur in marine strata of Europe and ar...

A Late Cambrian agnostid trilobite genus whose type species, Agnostotes orientalis, defines a key global biozone near the Cambrian–Ordovician boundary.

Eodiscus is a genus of small Cambrian trilobites and the type genus of the order Eodiscida. Eodiscid trilobites are characterized by a compact body and a head and tail that can appear broadly similar in outline; many members were blind or had reduced eyes. Fossils assigned to Eodiscus are known from...

Acadagnostus is a genus of Cambrian agnostid trilobites described by Teiichi Kobayashi in 1939. Agnostids were small marine trilobites with a simplified body form, and many lacked functional eyes. Acadagnostus has been reported from Cambrian rocks in regions that include North America, Europe, and A...

Agnostus is a genus of small Cambrian agnostid trilobites. Members typically had a compact body with head and tail shields that were similar in size and outline, and many species were blind or had highly reduced eyes. Agnostus fossils occur in Cambrian marine rocks on several continents, and some sp...