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With 12 types of photoreceptors (compared to humans' piddly three – red, green, and blue), mantis shrimp can see all the colors, including parts of the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum.
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New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
Located at the back of the retina, photoreceptors convert light into signals that are sent to the brain.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
Human eyes rely on three types of photoreceptors to detect color: red, green and blue.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Focusing all of it onto the retina can cause photoreceptors to absorb high amounts of energy, damaging or killing them.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2024
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New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
Located at the back of the retina, photoreceptors convert light into signals that are sent to the brain.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
Human eyes rely on three types of photoreceptors to detect color: red, green and blue.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Focusing all of it onto the retina can cause photoreceptors to absorb high amounts of energy, damaging or killing them.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Photoreceptor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photoreceptor. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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photoreceptor
noun
pho·to·re·cep·tor
-ˈsep-tər 
: a receptor for light stimuli
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