Reason, the ability to abstract the universal from the particular, requires the ability to distinguish and classify differences down the the gnats little behind.
Whereas a creature whose “vision” is designed to help it maintain stability and control, achieve reliable ground collision avoidance, and remarkable airborne intercept does not need millions of colors, just very good inertial navigation.
So the sensory requirements for a featherless biped differ greatly from a dragonfly.
Many of the moderns confuse knowledge and perception. As an old Belgian priest once told us, “a world where everything is based upon perception is a terrible place to live”.
Et cum spiritu tuo.
Speaking of perception, have you noticed that all living things - plants included - have some ability to perceive?
Where humans have five senses (sight-eyes, sound-ears, smell-nose, taste-mouth, touch-fingers & etc.) how many does a plant have? And, in plants, what central control mechanism would correspond to brains found in animals?
The next time you pick a tomato, thank the plant.