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Shrimp Can See Beyond The Rainbow
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Mantis Shrimp, Gonodactylus smithii, Polarization, Oscillation Light Waves, PLoS, Stokes Parameters
Mantis Shrimp, Gonodactylus smithii, Polarization, Oscillation Light Waves, PLoS, Stokes Parameters
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Editor's Note: How cool is this! For all of us who thought that seeing and shooting a mantis shrimp was cool, seems to me they got a more colorful look at us! Check out the detailed scientific article here
A giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef can see a world beyond the rainbow that is invisible to other animals, scientists said on Wednesday.
Mantis shrimps, dubbed "thumb splitters" by divers because of their vicious claws, have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom, capable of seeing colors from the ultraviolet to the infrared, as well as detecting other subtle variations in light.
They view the world in up to 12 primary colors -- four times as many as humans -- and can measure six different kinds of light polarization, Swiss and Australian researchers reported.
Polarization is the direction of oscillation in light waves...
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