What does the world look like through the eyes of animals?

Human vision perceives three primary colors: red, blue, and green, which allows us to see millions of other colors derived from them.

Although many animals have eyes with a wider field of vision than we do, the world through their eyes is completely different.

Images showing animals' perspective on the world

Bird

Birds have four types of cone cells in their eyes, more than humans (three cone cells).

This allows them to see more colors than we can, especially birds can see ultraviolet light.

However, not all birds have the same perspective on the world, for example canaries are said to be able to see the color blue, while many other species cannot.

Cat

Cats have more rod cells in their eyes than humans, allowing them to see in low light conditions.

The world through a cat's eyes appears much dimmer than it does to us, but cats have a wider field of vision. This allows them to see more than humans in the same line of sight.

Specifically, humans can see 180 degrees around themselves, this number for cats is 200 degrees.

Mantis shrimp

The mantis shrimp has one of the most complex eyes known to man: it has up to 16 photoreceptors and filters that allow the animal to perceive ultraviolet light as distinct colors.

Goat

If we look closely at a goat, we can see that they have rectangular pupils.

This allows the animal's vision to have a better sense of depth.

In addition, goats' eyes have split pupils, which control the amount of light they absorb, helping both eyes see more clearly in the dark, especially goats' eyes are not blinded by sunlight during the day.

Scorpion

Scorpions usually have two eyes in the front, but they can have up to five pairs of secondary eyes on the sides.

Despite having so many eyes, their vision seems to only be able to perceive the difference between dark and light, and can only occasionally perceive movement.

All scorpions have different eye structures, many of them have no eyes at all!

Bat

Bats are not actually blind, although they do use their ears to find food.

They see in the dark using echolocation, but bats' vision still functions during the day to help them interact socially.

Like other animals, many species of bats are completely colorblind while others can see certain colors thanks to proteins in their eyes.

Some of them can even see red, a color that many animals cannot see.

Mouse

Moles don't use their eyes much because they live underground, but they can detect the difference between light and dark.

Most moles have very small external eyes that allow them to see color, the animals' eyes are sensitive to blue and yellow-green light, suggesting that moles are not actually colorblind.

One exception, however, is the blind mole rat, whose eyes are covered by a layer of skin and do not appear to react to light.

Rabbit

Rabbits cannot see the color red. They have a pupil like humans, but it is not concave, which makes their vision blurry.

Besides, because rabbits have eyes on both sides of their heads, they can also see in more directions than humans.

Worms

Many worms, especially earthworms, don't even have eyes, but whether they can "see" is complicated.

This animal's vision also has photoreceptors, allowing it to distinguish between dark and light.

This enables it to perceive environmental differences above and below ground.