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Peacock mantis shrimp vision vs human vision: what is different?

Sees 10 kinds of colour; you see 3. Sees about 58 times less detail than you. Drag the line to see the difference, then try both on your own photo.

Red tulips under a blue sky, as you see them.

Red tulips under a blue sky as a peacock mantis shrimp sees them (simulation): colours remapped to its 10 receptor classes, and fine detail softened.

Try both on your photo

A simulation made from published eye studies. Not what the animal feels.

Head to head

Sees 10 kinds of colour; you see 3.
Sees about 58 times less detail than you.

Play today's Guess the Eye: can you tell whose eyes are whose?

More face-offs: all face-offs. How does the peacock mantis shrimp see? · How does the human see?

The science behind it: the numbers and studies for the peacock mantis shrimp