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Which heightened/different senses of other animals would you most like to experience (while still being human)? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Of the senses we're familiar with or aware of, anyway, e.g. taste/smell/hearing/vision/touch.

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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mantis shrimp can see waaaaaay more colors than we can. I want to see those colors.

[–] Hillock@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

That might not be true. They have more receptors for color but tests indicated that they are worse at differentiating colors than humans or other animals. They could only differentiate wavelength of 25 nanometers apart while humans can do it between 1-5 nano meters.

Also being able to see a wider spectrum might be terrible with all the light we use in electronics.