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Archive for May 20th, 2008
Seeing in More Colors
Published May 20, 2008 article , biology , image Leave a CommentTags: color, light, mantis shrimp, national geographic, seeing
researchers have found that Mantis Shrimp see in more colors than most animals. These strange crustaceans (which are not actually true shrimp) see into the ultraviolet, infrared, and polarized light. Read about it in this National Geographic article. Interestingly they are pretty colorful critters themselves.
