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Which heightened/different senses of other animals would you most like to experience (while still being human)? (lemm.ee)

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Of the senses we're familiar with or aware of, anyway, e.g. taste/smell/hearing/vision/touch.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They probably can’t see colour very well though. They may have more receptors but they can’t mix those as well as humans so it’s a bit like looking at an 8 bit game with some new colours. Also the resolution of their eyes is abysmal. Birds have one receptor more (UV) and really sharp vision. That’s where it’s at imo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but a mantis shrimp's eyes wired up to a human's brain would be neat because our brains are more powerful and therefore could probably make better sense of the inputs than a shrimp's.