Mantis shrimp can see a kind of red light most animals cannot
Earth 2.0From: Phys.org · rewritten for kids by Osmo
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The mantis shrimp is a colourful sea animal. Its eyes are amazing. It can see a red light that almost no other animal can see.
Big word
pigment: A substance that catches certain colours of light. Your eyes use pigments to see colour.
Quiz time: circle the right answer
1. About how many visual pigments does a mantis shrimp have?A3BAbout 30CAbout 300
2. How many colour pigments do human eyes have?A3B30C300
3. Where does the mantis shrimp live?AIn the seaBIn the desertCIn the clouds
Your turn
Draw a mantis shrimp using as many colours as you can. Which colours do you think it sees that you can't?
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