Aye Eye...

I love that shrimp, I really do. All sorts of rainbow metallic colours and stuff.

Should have a new colour for cars called the 'rainbow shrimp'. Wut, I think it is a cool name

That colour actually exists I do not know the correct name however.

lol.

They are rather striking...

:snrtbrng:

Do you ever read The Oatmeal?

He did the best writeup on Mantis shrimp ever...

Why the Mantis Shrimp is my new Favorite Animal
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Enjoy. I do. Every time.

:)

I can haz it to eats?

Yeah. It was.

I thought the timing to be of note.

:snrtlolb:

:snrtforme:

His team have now worked with international collaborators to create a camera that can replicate this ability - eventually they hope they could lead to smartphone cameras that would allow people to scan their body for cancers at home.

“The camera that we’ve developed in close collaboration with US and UK scientists shoots video and could provide immediate feedback on detecting cancer and monitoring the activity of exposed nerve cells,” said Marshall.

They did this by revealing that the compound eye of the mantis shrimp contains groups of photocells called ommatidia. Each of these ommatidium has thin micro-villi that can filter polarised light, as well as light-sensitive receptors.


“It converts the invisible messages into colours that our visual system is comfortable with," said Marshall.
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To mimic this in the camera, the scientists used aluminium nanowires to replicate the polarisation-filtering microvilli, and placed these on top of photodiodes, which convert light into electrical current.
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Eternal thanks for scientists.

How they do THAT, I can only imagine.

The unsung heroes...

I heard last night that much copper wire was projected into space in the 1960's. Interesting stuff.

Hahaha this is like my most favourite creature ever, at least for now while I have had a few drinks. It is basically the god of the sea, with all due respect to dolphins. In scale, these things are serious business.

Hail to the Rainbow Shrimp. Upgraded to caps for respect yo :)

Project West Ford

At the height of the Cold War, all international communications were either sent through undersea cables or bounced off the natural ionosphere. The United States Military was concerned that the Soviets might cut those cables, forcing the unpredictable ionosphere to be the only means of communication with overseas forces.

So, a ring of 480,000,000 copper dipole antennas was placed in orbit to facilitate global radio communication.
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scientists always lie about what animals see.

:)

Respect goes to the shrimp.

The human eye can distinguish over 10,000,000 colors with 3. Imagine if you had 16...


We can't.

It is imperceivable.

The colour yet seen...


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That is basically why I got an e-woody over the shrimp.
Now this would normally turn a caterpillar into a butterfly, except I am talking about shrimps :)

Aye, the shrimp has a fine eye to mimic.


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Qualia and the 'Explanatory Gap'.
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How do you explain color to one whom has always been blind?

I just wanted to post this video here hope you don't mind

Theory of Mind

The Sally-Anne test.

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Where will Sally look for the cookie?
@6:50

I don't mind at all.

I like Pink Floyd. A lot.


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That was a very good clip. I like that guy, the way he is enthusiastic about his expression.

There is another test that can be done on young minds that goes something like this. Take a piece of playdoh make a round ball for the child to observe. Then roll the ball into a line and ask the child which is bigger the ball or the line.

The child will likely answer the ball due to the ability to access the required information.

Some years back I was playing 'playdoh' with a little girl I nannied, while the younger took a nap.

Balls and snakes were always popular.

That afternoon, she just didn't seem into it. So I asked her, What's wrong? Do you want to do something else?

And she looked down and said, I'm feeling...pensive.

lol. She wasn't even 3.

They lack empathy. I have just enough.