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Through others eyes: how dogs, turtles, birds and fish see the world in comparison with humans

by Anna Dalton

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It has dichromatic color vision. Distinguishes between green and partially ultraviolet. It does not distinguish shades well, but brightness is good. Visual acuity is 30 times lower than human, but it sees much better in the dark.

Fly

The eyes are faceted. The vision is mosaic (pixel). Distinguishes between the entire human-visible spectrum and ultraviolet. The main colors are ultraviolet, blue, green and red. It is extremely sensitive to changes in brightness. Short-sighted. Visual acuity is low: he sees about 100 times worse than a person.

Fish

It has a developed color perception, distinguishes the entire spectrum visible to humans plus ultraviolet (some fish species can also see in the infrared range). At depth, it is less sensitive to shades of red, sees yellow, green and blue better. Visual acuity is several dozen times lower than in humans. It cannot adjust the vision depending on the distance. Short-sighted, sees well no further than 1.5 meters. The range of visibility is 10-12 meters.

Turtle

The eyes are equipped with oil color filters. Has color vision. It is most sensitive to the yellow-orange-red part of the spectrum. He does not see blue-purple tones. Short-sighted.