2007-06-07 19:40:57 · 5 answers · asked by vlugenhagen 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Many of the birds see colour quite well. Bees and some of the other similar insects see up into the ultra violet range of frequencies. Snakes are sensitve to infrared but that is more like just having pits on their faces sensitive to heat, not really vision. Goldfish and Pianha fish are known to be able to see accurately in the infrared range.
Monkeys and other apes of course have similar vision to us. Some shellfish like Scallops and Octopuses (and squid) seem to have colour vision too, but I don't know what frequencies they respond to.
http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/vision/4d.htm
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/202/2/95.pdf
about halfway down
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_vision
2007-06-07 20:09:09 · answer #1 · answered by U-98 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only chimps, bobobos and us share the same colour abilities. Other animals don't see colours so well. We have the broadest spectrum of colour sensitivity.
Some insects can see ultraviolet which we can't, but few other colours.
2007-06-07 20:05:01 · answer #2 · answered by travelhun 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
birds can see colors well...that is why the male of many species are so brightly colored...to attracted the female. If they could not see color...they would not have any color on them.
2007-06-08 14:06:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some birds of prey, and others, have receptors (cones) that are sensitive to ultra violet light. So they have a broader visible spectrum than us.
2007-06-08 01:56:01 · answer #4 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the eagle is said to have ten times the vision power of man which makes it such a great hunter
2007-06-08 07:40:20 · answer #5 · answered by paulcarberry2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋