This painting celebrates enhanced color perception in the cantankerous Mantis Shrimp. Humans have three color cone receptors in their eyes; Mantis Shrimps have more than a dozen. They have six more just for the ultraviolet range, and can also perceive polarized light. Why did such bizarre complexity evolve? What can it be like to dwell in their phantasmagorical sensory world?
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