By Animals — Mar 06, 2025 Mantis shrimp hold the world record for the most complex visual system. They have up to 16 photoreceptors and can see UV, visible and polarised light being the only animals known to detect circularly polarised light[📹 MJ Ogata] This post and comments are published on Nostr.
Fun fact. When a whale dies and sink, their carcasses—known as whale falls—provide a bounty of nutrients for a huge number of deepwater creatures, giving birth to its