Mantis shrimp eyes

by rojobuffaloon 2/4/2023, 4:51 PMwith 20 comments

by richardfeyon 2/6/2023, 7:24 AM

There was in a fact a study about how humans can also detect circularly polarized light:

https://www.nature.com/articles/166958b0

by swyxon 2/5/2023, 4:36 AM

> Polarized light usually oscillates in a fixed plane, but that plane can sometimes rotate, so light travels along a twisting helix.

wait what? they can bend light? make it not travel in a straight line? color me skeptical

by fnordpigleton 2/5/2023, 6:32 AM

I for one welcome our new mantis shrimp overlords.

by vmooreon 2/4/2023, 6:41 PM

Obligatory Oatmeal comic about the Mantis Shrimp:

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

by tpmxon 2/4/2023, 10:12 PM

Finally something we're better at!

by carlobon 2/4/2023, 6:27 PM

Delicious too