If you haven’t given it much thought, you probably think non-human animals see the world the same way we do. The truth is the world looks very different to most other animals than it does to us.
And this discrepancy between how non-human animals see the world and how we do can be a problem for wildlife biologists. To address this, Daniel Hanley, biologist at George Mason University and his team published their results in PLOS Biology on a new recording system that could help better capture how animals see the world.
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Most birds can see ultraviolet light. This comes in handy for mating displays and other behaviors since many birds have feathers that reflect UV light.
For snakes that hunt during the day, they have built-in sunglasses — lenses that block UV light, which help them see better in bright light. For snakes that hunt at ...
