Dogs See the World in Living Color

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By Becky Lang | July 17, 2013 @ Dogs See the World in Living Color - D-brief | DiscoverMagazine.com
This blows away everything I've believed since I was a kid.

We humans may love to accessorize our pets with colored dishes, collars and toys, but the received wisdom is that dogs probably don’t care.

In earlier tests of color vision, scientists reported that color just wasn’t that crucial to dogs in their daily activities. However dogs have two types of cone photoreceptors in their retinas, meaning that they have about as much color vision as a color-blind human. And new research finds that they regularly rely on color cues.

[All tht really matters though is that they recognize us as their parents and show us forgiving love.]

 

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