The stomatopod might be one of my new favorite animals. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Here, we report a biophysical mechanism that creates a natural full-visible-range achromatic quarter-wave retarder in the eye of a stomatopod crustacean. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
According to Dr Justin Marshall, the stomatopod eye “contains 16 different types of photoreceptors 12 for colour analysis, compared to our 3 cones, colour filters and many polarisation receptors, making it by far the world’s most complex retina.”. From Wordnik.com. [Jefferys on "The Privileged Planet" - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
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