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The best eyes/most complex eyes in the world goes to the mantis shrimp. http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/03/natures-most-amazing-eyes-just-got-a-
by dghughes 9y ago
The best eyes/most complex eyes in the world goes to the mantis shrimp. http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/03/natures-most-amazing-eyes-just-got-a-bit-weirder/ http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/03/natures-m...
A few snippets:
a compound eye, made of thousands of small units that each detects light independently
12 to 16 different photoreceptors in its midband
has six photoreceptors dedicated to...UV
incredibly sophisticated UV detectors
- rowyourboat 9y agoA testament to how important signal processing is: Despite its 22 different photoreceptors rather than the humans three (four if you count cones), mantis shrimp can only distinguish a limited number of colors as their brains do not mix the inputs from the different receptors, but rather just go with the strongest one to determine the color of an object. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-mantis-shrimp-color-vision-system-2014-1?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/the-mantis-shrimp-color-visio...