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The mantis shrimps, found on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, have the most complex vision systems known to science, researchers at Bristol University have found.

The shrimps can see in 12 colours - humans see in only three - and can distinguish between different forms of light to give a sophisticated and vivid 3D image.

Special light-sensitive cells in mantis shrimp eyes perform similar functions to electronic sensors found in the mechanism of a DVD and CD player, the study said.

Specifically, both mantis shrimps and DVD or CD players are able to convert light into different forms so it can be stored and then retreived.

But the key difference is mantis shrimps are able to do this across the whole spectrum of light, whereas DVD or CD players have a much narrower band to work with.
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Read more / source: Telegraph

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procupine14

Makes sense considering usually the eyes of DVD players only do so in all shades of one color of like ie. red or blue

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