Shrimp Cannot See Fake Colors

Unfortunate news... scientists have discovered that shrimp do not see “extra colors”. We thought that they did because they have 12 different molecules for photoreceptors, whereas humans have only 3. BIG difference, right?? Nope. Turns out that they simply do not have the mental wherewithal to blend, and so needed a separate receptor for each color. The human brain adds color emissions together to create a singular representative color, like reverse engineered printing. Shrimp can’t do that. They can’t take light emitting “green” and light emitting “red” and come back with “yellow”, like we do. They have to have a receptor for yellow, and are relatively horrible at distinguishing shades of colors. So at the end of the day, not only do shrimp not have “extra colors”... they see less than we do. Shrimp can’t see the fake colors :( babe wake up new shrimp color drama dropped

Текстовый пост в стиле социальной сети рассказывает, что креветки якобы не видят «дополнительные цвета», потому что не умеют смешивать цветовые сигналы, как люди. Шутка строится на псевдонаучном драматизме: кажущееся невероятным преимущество креветок превращается в жалость к ним, а финальная подпись пародирует срочную новость о новом интернет-драматическом событии. EN: A social-media text post claims that shrimp cannot see “extra colors” because they cannot blend color signals the way humans do. The joke uses mock-scientific drama: the shrimp’s seemingly incredible advantage turns into pity for them, while the final caption parodies an urgent announcement about a new internet drama.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 15864 2024-03-31