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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 88 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yee. I saved this image for a Caption this.

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 17 points 1 week ago

"Bird Vision activate!"

Walks straight into glass door

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

That's great! Any guesses what the bottom bars are about on either side of the 'heart thing'?

[–] Techranger@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago

Saddam Hussein in UV light.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

It’s very unclear/nonsensical

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I spent like twenty minutes looking. I'm stumped!

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cone count is my guess. Of the photoreceptors in the eye - Rods see in low-light and cones see in color. Some animals lack or have different cones compared to humans. Hence why bees can see "bee purple"

It seems to be a commonly used image stolen from Klaus Schmidt https://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/search/label/bird%20vision but strangely none seem to have the lower bit. How odd...