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Shrimp's eye points way to better DVDs
Reuters ^
| Oct 25, 2009
| Ben Hirschler
Posted on 10/25/2009 3:27:05 PM PDT by decimon
LONDON (Reuters) – The amazing eyes of a giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could hold the key to developing a new type of super high-quality DVD player, British scientists said on Sunday.
Mantis shrimps, dubbed "thumb splitters" by divers because of their vicious claws, have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom.
They can see in 12 primary colors, four times as many as humans, and can also detect different kinds of light polarization -- the direction of oscillation in light waves.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: allthumbs; color; dvd; dvds; eye; eyes; light; mantis; mantisshrimp; mantisshrimps; polarization; science; shrimp; shrimps
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posted on
10/25/2009 3:27:06 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
'Thumb splitters'. Nasty-sounding little buggers. I wonder how they'd be beer-steamed with some Old Bay.........
To: Viking2002
I wonder how they'd be beer-steamed with some Old Bay......... They'll open the can for you.
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posted on
10/25/2009 3:34:20 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Point taken.
To: decimon; ShadowAce; Las Vegas Dave
Trouble is, these new DVDs will wind up costing a bunch of people their thumbs.
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posted on
10/25/2009 3:57:52 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: decimon
And new types of DVD's....
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posted on
10/25/2009 4:00:41 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(We need more Joe Wilson's. OBAMA is ACORN ACORN is OBAMA)
To: decimon
Color-full critter.
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posted on
10/25/2009 4:10:28 PM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: SunkenCiv
Trouble is, these new DVDs will wind up costing a bunch of people their thumbs.Well, better than an arm and a leg.
Wonder if there's any solar cell application for this. Full-spectrum, after all.
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posted on
10/25/2009 4:13:31 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: PeaceBeWithYou
Color-full critter.And only they know just how colorful.
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posted on
10/25/2009 4:15:27 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: PeaceBeWithYou
Wow, that thing is quite a sight.
To: decimon
“Just why the mantis shrimp needs such a rarefied level of vision is unclear, although researchers suspect it is to do with food and sex.”
I would agree with those ideas; that’s really the two reasons I do pretty much anything.
To: samson1097
“Just why the mantis shrimp needs such a rarefied level of vision is unclear, although researchers suspect it is to do with food and sex.” I would agree with those ideas; that’s really the two reasons I do pretty much anything.Anything? Including this?
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posted on
10/25/2009 4:42:14 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
"....have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. They can see in 12 primary colors, four times as many as humans, and can also detect different kinds of light polarization -- the direction of oscillation in light waves."Without further research, more complex than the hummingbird?
Interesting.
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posted on
10/25/2009 4:46:17 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
...more complex than the hummingbird? No, just its eyes. ;-)
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posted on
10/25/2009 4:49:12 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: samson1097
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posted on
10/25/2009 4:49:21 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
In fact I would say it’s pretty much the Bootsy Collins of shrimp.
To: Yardstick
Close-up of the eyes.
Can the Mantis-shrimp-eye sunglasses infomercials be far behind?
Yes, friends, you too can now see in 12 primary colors, instead of just 3!
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posted on
10/25/2009 4:52:16 PM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: decimon
...giant shrimp...
Trying to get my head around this one.
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posted on
10/25/2009 4:58:42 PM PDT
by
Nachoman
(Think of life as an adventure you don't survive.)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
Those googley eyes are great. I’ll bet the slits are what let it detect light polarization. Two pairs please!
To: decimon
LOL ...come here you!
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:08:05 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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