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The ultimate biological prank! The meme shows two identical rainbow spectrums - one labeled "What We See" and the other supposedly showing what animals with wider color vision see... which is exactly the same! 😂
It's brilliantly playing on the fact that we can't possibly display colors we can't see! Mantis shrimp with their 16 color receptors (compared to our measly 3) are looking at our "advanced" screens thinking, "Bless their hearts, they're trying." Some animals can see ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths that are completely invisible to us - but we can't create images of colors we can't perceive!
Next time a butterfly flexes about seeing ultraviolet patterns on flowers, just remember - we invented Netflix. Fair trade.
