Random animal facts: tap for another eye fact
Tap the button for a random animal fact about eyes. Every fact is worked out from measurements of real animals: who sees in slow motion, who sees ultraviolet and who needs things much bigger to see them. Share the ones that surprise you.
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Dog
A dog sees with 2 colour types; you have 3.
A dozen more
- Harris's hawk: A sign you can read from 10 m, a Harris's hawk has to get to about 6.9 m to see as clearly. More
- Rock pigeon: A rock pigeon sees with 4 colour types; you have 3. More
- Tawny owl: A tawny owl sees with 4 colour types; you have 3. More
- Western honey bee: Has 3 colour types like you, but one of them sees ultraviolet. More
- Cat: A cat sees with 2 colour types; you have 3. More
- Portia jumping spider: A sign you can read from 10 m, a Portia jumping spider has to get to about 1.9 m to see as clearly. More
- Peacock mantis shrimp: A peacock mantis shrimp sees with 10 colour types; you have 3. More
- Brownbanded bamboo shark: Sees no colour at all, only light and dark. More
- Western diamondback rattlesnake: Keeps no fixed hours: it is up by day and by night. More
- House sparrow: A house sparrow sees with 4 colour types; you have 3. More
- Horse: A horse sees with 2 colour types; you have 3. More
- Brown rat: A brown rat sees with 2 colour types; you have 3. More
A simulation made from published eye studies. Not what the animal feels.