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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/glowing-flowers-ultraviolet-light?linkId=838005280
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoCone count is my guess. Of the photoreceptors in the eye - Rods see in low-light and cones see in color. Some animals lack or have different cones compared to humans. Hence why bees can see “bee purple”
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoIt seems to be a commonly used image stolen from Klaus Schmidt https://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/search/label/bird vision but strangely none seem to have the lower bit. How odd…
Cone count is my guess. Of the photoreceptors in the eye - Rods see in low-light and cones see in color. Some animals lack or have different cones compared to humans. Hence why bees can see “bee purple”
It seems to be a commonly used image stolen from Klaus Schmidt https://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/search/label/bird vision but strangely none seem to have the lower bit. How odd…