Each eye can move independently, perched on the end of stalks, giving them a near-360-degree field of vision. Mantis shrimp can see a whole array of colors that human beings cannot even imagine.

Human eyes have three photoreceptors—cells that detect color—to distinguish between blue, green, and red light. With a staggering 12 photoreceptors, mantis shrimp can see 12 different ...

With 12 different photoreceptors, including four that respond to wavelengths in the ultraviolet light spectrum, some researchers had suspected that mantis shrimp were better distinguishers of color ...

While humans have three kinds of colour-receptive cones in their eyes; the mantis shrimp has up to twelve. The zebra mantis shrimp is the largest mantis shrimp in the world, growing over 40 cm in ...