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Mantis shrimp

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Field guideHow mantis shrimp seeMantis-shrimp compound eyes are mobile mosaics with specialized retinal regions. Numerous receptor channels sample visible, ultraviolet, and polarized light, but receptor count alone does not mean finer color discrimination than humans have.