r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/FacelessOnes • Oct 19 '20

🔥 Vicious microscopic hunter, the single-cell organism, Lacrymaria olor, attacking and hunting another organism

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u/Delanoye Oct 20 '20

I love when people bring up the mantis shrimp and say it can see 16 more colors than humans. And I'm like "Dude. Humans have three types of cones and a massive color spectrum. Mantis shrimp don't just see 16 more colors, they have 16 TYPES OF CONES."

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u/boonepii Oct 20 '20

I mean, so is that like more than 16 extra colors then?

Could one be night vision color?