13 Examples of How Animals See the World

We are so used to how we see the world that it doesn’t even occur to us that anyone might see it differently. Of course, in theory, we know how animals see it. For example, snakes feel heat or a bull is not provoked by a red rag. But we only know in theory what we see in reality.

O awesome.club presents exactly how, according to scientists, different animals see the same image.

Rodents see well only up close. At the same time, they better distinguish moving objects, while they can only see stationary ones at close range. For example, they will notice a strong movement of a hand even at a distance of 10-15 m and will quickly run away, but they will not see a motionless person until he literally stands in front of their nose.

Snakes can distinguish between heat and cold. This allows them to find food at any time of the day. But they have two types of vision: during the day, which reacts to movement, and at night, which is heat-oriented. So, if your potential “lunch” stays put, the snake will pass by.

In all insects with faceted eyes, visual acuity directly depends on the number of facets (from 3,000 to 25,000 for different insects). For example, a fly has about 4,000 facets in its eyes, but despite this it sees much worse than a person. For her, the world consists of pieces of a mosaic, because each facet perceives only part of the picture.

But the fly clearly distinguishes the flash of light with a frequency of up to 300 Hz. So you can compare: the threshold frequency for the human eye is 50 Hz. So when you try to kill a fly with a newspaper, it can see you in slow motion and calmly walk away. We’re sorry.

Butterflies in general do not see very well, but they clearly perceive the ultraviolet that is invisible to humans. The same goes for bees. Thanks to this, they can see patterns in the flowers of plants that we don’t notice.

A turtle’s eyesight is not good, but it can recognize colors. Your eyes are most sensitive to the red-yellow part of the spectrum, but they don’t distinguish blue-violet tones.

Most spiders see very poorly. Some react only to the victim’s movements on the net and slightly distinguish between light and shadow.

But jumping spiders are a happy exception. In general, their eyesight is perfect, and the lateral eyes help them to understand what is happening to the side and even behind.

Until now, scientists don’t know for sure whether snails can see and how good their eyesight is. Some suggest that these molluscs do not see anything. Others believe that he can see up close, and from afar he sees light and shadow.

You will be surprised, but for cows the grass is not green. Generally, they see in orange and red tones, so their color world is very limited.

The horse sees the world in black and white. The lack of color is compensated for by a large number of shades of gray, far more than a person can distinguish.

Because horses’ eyes are widely separated from each other, they see two different “halves” of the world.

Chameleon eyes are among the strangest in the world. At the same time, he can see what is happening in front of him and also what is happening behind him. And all thanks to the fact that your eyes can rotate independently of each other.

Frogs only see moving objects. Also, if one of them is small, they will try to grab it and just run away from a big one. But if an insect or worm does not move, the frog will not notice it and may even starve to death in the midst of a large amount of food.

Crustaceans also have a similar vision system, which reacts to movement.

Birds of prey are believed to have the keenest eyesight. And the leader among them, of course, is the eagle. Not only can she see a great distance, she perceives more colors than we do. It’s hard to imagine, but she sees the world brighter and clearer than a man. Also, her eye can focus on two different objects at the same time.

A thrush has two yellow dots at the same time (places of greatest visual acuity on the retina), which allows you to enlarge the image, so that your eyes work like binoculars.

In addition, their eyes can simultaneously focus on potential food and the approaching predator. So a cat that’s chasing you pretty much doesn’t stand a chance.

Of course, these are all just versions of how animals can see the world. But we are sure that sooner or later scientists will be able to precisely answer these and many other questions.

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