 Us humans have such a scomata against lions. I have puzzled over your use of the word scomata for many days. I have discovered three possible meanings for this word, although none are correct in this context.    The migraine sufferer has scintillating scomata; points of flickering colored lights within the field of vision; macular degeneration will cause a central scotoma, the scotoma itself is just a small area of disordered vision, or a blind spot.    Scomata is also an obscure literary title used during the Renaissance in Germany (1343 - 1528), i.e.  Scomata  Joannis Keisersberg concionatoris Argentinensis, a master of the  facetiae  literary genre.    Finally, it may be ascomata, cellular constituents which affect the growth of shoots, roots, mycorrhizas and extraradical mycorrhizal mycelia in evergreen trees.    Whatever the case, this word does not mean what you thought it did.:p