this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2025
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[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Which we now know to be incorrect, because apparently mantis shrimp don't perceive combined colors from those receptors, but only the sixteen discrete colors. This seems to make their vision faster by saving on some brain processing, but what they see is like a gif with a palette of sixteen colors.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Now you're getting it.