Triops Has Three Eyes
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| song name | Triops Has Three Eyes |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Here Come The 123s, CD/DVD Sampler |
| year | 2008 |
| run time | 2:35 |
| sung by | John Linnell, John Flansburgh, and Robin Goldwasser |
Trivia/Info
- Triops (a name given to members of the order Notostraca), are small crustaceans that do, indeed, have three eyes ("two internal compound eyes and one naupliar eye in-between"). Look here for pictures.
- While a tripod is simply a term for a non-living three-legged stand, there is indeed a real-life creature nicknamed the tripod fish (the family Ipnopidae, whose most notable member is the Bathypterois grallator), which possibly inspired the "tripod" section of this song.
- This song's video was animated by Flickerlab and directed by David Cowles.
Song Themes
Animals, Body Parts, Eyes, Non-John Vocals, Numbers, Oblique Cliches Or Idiom, Pointing, Shapes, Transportation
Videos
- On They Might Be Giants Friday Night Family Podcast
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