Red-sensitive pigments in mantis shrimp eyes act as reversible light…

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorResearchers in Belgium and Berlin have analyzed mantis shrimp eye pigments one by one, and some detect red light very few animals can perceive, Phys.org reports.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHold on, one by one? How many pigments does this thing have?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAbout thirty. Humans have three. And four of the shrimp's can switch between two stable states when light hits them.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThirty. I have three and I still can't tell if my shirt is gray or green.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich is why this shrimp is our Animal of the Day, and I have a certificate. It's laminated.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTitle is Most Settings Ever Found On One Face.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorStat line: thirty pigments, seventeen measured in the median band, three of them infrared, and zero complaints about the lighting.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe lead researcher compares the switching to sunglasses in the day and a flashlight at dusk.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTo the shrimp: you see colors we can't even name, and you never once made us feel small. Thank you.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThirty pigments, and it still wouldn't notice your podcast.