". . . the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted." [Genesis 30:39]
This is not so far fetched. We already know that animals can sense predators in the area, and such sensing will cause phenotypic changes in their offspring. I don't think that it would be too out-of-touch to propose that visual senses can contribute to this as well, and to think that like other senses, it can be tricked to produce specific sensation and response.
Huh?
Are you implying that sensing predators will cause inheritable changes in the phenotype?