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The eyes of the mantis shrimp

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The Daily Telegraph: The mantis shrimps, found on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, have the most complex vision systems known to science, researchers at Bristol University have found.

444px-Mantis_shrimp_from_front.jpgThe shrimps can see in 12 colors—humans see in only three—and can distinguish between different forms of light to give a sophisticated and vivid 3D image.

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