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Since the early 1950s, work has been undertaken on the infrared
sensory organs of snakes by a handful of investigators around the
world. Despite progress in uncovering the morphological,
physiological and behavioral functions of these organs, study was
discontinued by most of these workers. Not the least of the reasons
was the fact that the infrared organs are possessed either by
highly venomous snakes, the pit vipers, or by equally dangerous
snakes because of their size, the pythons and boas.
Only Drs Shin-ichi Terashima, MD, Ph.D. and Richard C. Goris, Ph.D.
have continued to work actively on these sensory organs, their work
spanning the 30 years from 1967 to the present. A first collection
of their works, Infrared Sensory System, was published by the
university of the Ryukyus in 1987. The present volume presents the
papers by Terashima, Goris and their colleagues from 1987 to the
present. Much new light is shed on the physiology and morphology of
these organs, which can truly be said to be infrared 'eyes' whose
input is integrated with that from the eyes. This volume will be of
considerable interest to all those interested in infrared detection
of any kind, whether in nature or in its multifarious industrial
applications.
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