bfredJan 29, 2023

Color and the sensory consciousness of the biodiverse "other." PLUS Disordered Hyperuniformity.

Rurple, grurple, yurple, and ultrapurple:
https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/08/10/ed-yong-an-immense-world-color/

Why your chickens look at you funny:
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2014/02/24/eye-chicken-new-state-matter-comes-view

Sitting with the idea of "psychedelic dinosaurs."

#SensoryEcology #tetrachromats #DisorderedHyperuniformity #Hummingbird #Chickens #Consciousness #trichromats #other

Psychedelic Dinosaurs, Four-Dimensional Hummingbirds, and How We Got Our Vision: Color, Consciousness, and the Dazzling Universe of Tetrachromacy

“When we pay attention to other animals, our own world expands and deepens.”

The Marginalian
Show threadFiXato (fallback)Sep 4, 2020

@InvaderXan
there are humans btw who have four cone cells :)
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-found-a-woman-whose-eyes-have-a-whole-new-type-of-colour-receptor

#tetrachromats #tetrachromacy

Regardless, I still find it hard to imagine that certain people or species can see more colours than most of us. :)

Scientists Have Found a Woman Whose Eyes Have a Whole New Type of Colour Receptor

After more than 25 years of searching, neuroscientists in the UK recently announced that they've discovered a woman who has an extra type of cone cell - the receptor cells that detect colour - in her eyes.

ScienceAlert