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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Which animal can see the widest spectrum of colours? ○

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 08:28 UTC

Mantis shrimp have remarkable colour vision. They have as many as 16 types of photoreceptor cone, compared with the three humans have.