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              Humans, in their present state, have three color receptors which means that we can see an approximate of 7,000,000 colors. This might sound like an impressive number, I mean we can literally see more colors than we can imagine. But, let’s put this into perspective; butterflies, among with some other insects have four color receptors adding the capability to see UV regions of the color spectrum. Now that sounds amazing, adding one more receptor to our repertoire can open a whole new world of opportunities. If you think that is remarkable let me tell you about a different animal. An aquatic crustacean that lives in the deepest parts of the sea. The Mantis Shrimp. This little fellow has not 3, not 4, not 6, not 10, but 16 color receptors. This means that the Mantis Shrimp is capable to see over 4 times the amount of colors we see. Scientist don’t even understand how their eyes work as they can see colors that we can even comprehend. When we see a rainbow, it is only really created from three colors, I can only imagine what a Mantis Shrimp would behold when it looks at a rainbow. Ant this under the text is the magnificent and glorious animal.



                                                                          

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  1. ShawnMay 1, 2018 at 7:23 AM

    Would you consider the eyesight of a mantis shrimp to be paranormal?

    The definition of paranormal is the "denoting events or phenomena such as telekinesis or clairvoyance that are beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding".

    While extra-color eyesight is not nearly as useful as telekinesis or clairvoyance, the powers themselves are not that different. Most, if not all, invented super powers are some form of hyperesthesia (senses that are now pushed past the normal scope). Clairvoyance is just a super sight, telekinesis is but a super touch, and extra-color eyesight is, just like clairvoyance, a super sight.

    The second part of the definition of paranormal denotes that these powers must be "beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding". In your post you state that "[s]cientists don’t even understand how their eyes work as they can see colors that we can even comprehend"!

    Since all of the criteria of paranormal has been met by mantis-shrimp-vision, do you think it counts as a paranormality?

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