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Facts about Mantis Shrimp Color Vision
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Mantis shrimp can detect circularly polarized light, a visual capability found in virtually no other animals.
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Mantis shrimp eyes are mounted on stalks and can rotate independently, giving them one of the widest visual fields of any known animal.
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Unlike humans who process color differences in the brain, mantis shrimp appear to identify colors through a scanning motion of their eyes across objects.
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The eyes of a mantis shrimp move independently of each other, allowing each eye to assess depth and color on its own without input from the other.
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Mantis shrimp possess 16 types of photoreceptor cells, far more than the three found in human eyes, yet research suggests they may process color less precisely than humans.