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minus-squarerockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoThey basically have most of visual processing offloaded to cones because of how simplistic their nervous system has to be.
minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-25 days agoYou can actually distinguish colors better than a mantis shrimp. Turns out a lot of the processing that allows us to distinguish between colors happens in our huge brains. Take that, stupid shrimp! What they are the champions of, however, is seeing polarized light. Some researchers have modeled cameras off of their eyes to help detent cancer.
They basically have most of visual processing offloaded to cones because of how simplistic their nervous system has to be.
You can actually distinguish colors better than a mantis shrimp.
Turns out a lot of the processing that allows us to distinguish between colors happens in our huge brains. Take that, stupid shrimp!
What they are the champions of, however, is seeing polarized light. Some researchers have modeled cameras off of their eyes to help detent cancer.