How Do Animals See in the Dark?

When humans go out in the dark, it’s just dark, and we have trouble seeing anything. But for night creatures: cats, toads, insects, tarsiers, etc. that’s when they are out hunting, and they must see what they are after.

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Their eyes are different from ours, but they are are also different from each other. Anna Stöckl explains how each of those nocturnal animals see in a different way in this TED-Ed talk. -via The Kid Should See This


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