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Use what you know, question of the day: (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Oct 21 OP
They have more cone receptors in their eyes? rainy Oct 21 #1
There are humans who see more colors than most people. CrispyQ Oct 21 #2
We understand the light spectrum. Think. Again. Oct 21 #3
We obviously need to sit down with an eagle birdographer Oct 21 #4
"More colors" is probably an inaccurate way to describe it... Wounded Bear Oct 21 #5
They don't call it "eagle eye" for nuthin! AKwannabe Oct 21 #6
We all know mercuryblues Oct 21 #7
We can use tools to detect colors that our eyes can't see. surrealAmerican Oct 21 #8

CrispyQ

(38,269 posts)
2. There are humans who see more colors than most people.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 08:54 AM
Oct 21

I only know this cuz I while I was writing a sci-fi short story about a character who could see more colors than most people, I discovered there are actually people who can. It's called tetrachromacy.

But how we know what eagles see or how they perceive it is beyond me. Someone posted this article on dogs noses & how they smell things & it's fascinating but again, how do we know, really?

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-taking-your-dog-on-a-sniffari-will-tire-them-out-more-than-a-walk

Wounded Bear

(60,691 posts)
5. "More colors" is probably an inaccurate way to describe it...
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 09:58 AM
Oct 21

They may have a wider spectrum of vision, probably into the infrared range. That would help them spot temperature contrasts of prey against the background earth or vegetation.

surrealAmerican

(11,483 posts)
8. We can use tools to detect colors that our eyes can't see.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:18 AM
Oct 21

We can never know what they "look" like to an eagle, but we can know they exist.

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