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by vhhuhhfryuhgfh 3350 days ago
Sounds like butterfly level vision (4 cones)
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chillingeffect 3349 days ago
Seems like it could be expanded to a total of 6 cones, three per eye? what a time to be alive :)
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jcl 3349 days ago
Curiously, it seems hexachromacy is already within the realm of biological possibility for human females.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentachromacy#Animals_that_are...

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ConceptJunkie 3348 days ago
I'm holding out for dodecachromacy like the mantis shrimps have.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp#Eyes

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