University of Chicago

PROMPT: The mantis shrimp can perceive both polarized light and multispectral images; they have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. Human eyes have color receptors for three colors (red, green, and blue); the mantis shrimp has receptors for sixteen types of color, enabling them to see a spectrum far beyond the capacity of the human brain. Seriously, how cool is the mantis shrimp (mantisshrimp.uchicago.edu)? What might they be able to see that we cannot? What are we missing? The red and purple hues of the sunset warm the chilly summer evening; the soft pastels blend perfectly under my…