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How do nocturnal animals see?

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One can only guess at what nocturnal animals see. It’s likely to be shades of gray, sensitive to movement but maybe lacking fine detail. Most nocturnal animals also have a highly developed sense of hearing, touch (e.g., whiskers), or smell, to complement their vision. read more

The nocturnal European Elephant hawkmoth, Deilephila elpenor, is a gorgeous creature cloaked in feathery pink and green scales and does all its nectar gathering in the dead of night. A number of years ago we discovered that this moth can distinguish colours at night, the first nocturnal animal known to do so. read more

Nocturnal animals vision mechanism is little bit different in comparison to ours. It depends on 2 factors-FIRST is the spectral range of light they can see-Human eye can see a very short portion of light spectrum. On the other hand Nocturnal animals can use a broad portion of spectrum & can see the infrared & ultraviolet spectrum too. read more