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Colour Vision: Colouring the Dark
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posted on 2023-06-08, 08:53 authored by Michael F Land, Daniel Colaco OsorioDaniel Colaco OsorioHumans lose colour vision at night and it has often been assumed that this happens to other animals as well. It is not true of nocturnal moths, however: a recent study has shown that the elephant hawk moth makes use of trichromatic colour vision when seeking flowers by starlight.
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Current BiologyISSN
0960-9822External DOI
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3Volume
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R83-R85Department affiliated with
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