If you've ever wished you could see the world though the eyes of another animal, we have good news for you. We also wondered about that and, being scientists who specialize in color vision, have created a solution: a camera system and software package that allows you to record videos in animal-view colors.
I wish we could see what they see. How does a human look to them? And how come birds look so good to our eyes, when they are designed to look good for other birds…
I think it’s a byproduct of 1 color being able to be seen from different perspectives.
To birds, other birds may look even more enticing than they do to us, but to a mantis shrimp they would look even more different than either of those.
In reality the bird is using a select few hues, but how those hues are perceived will differ by other animals. What I find so crazy on top of that is that there are animals that grow to have colors and patterns based on their surroundings, like owls or lizards. Or even crazier, changing on command.