I would like to think I see the world in as
much color as I can both literally and
figuratively, I would like to think that I
also try to look always at both sides of
the grass, at the whole cup and not just
half of it, I would like to think that I can
do my best to see as much as I can of
this world, but in the end, nature has
the upper hand.
Those beautiful creatures out there that
capture my heart and yours with their
beautiful colors and shades, we look
at them and we think about beauty, we
think about how they are just simply
beautiful, and simply colored, and we
may have always tried to be in each
others’ shoes and tried to see the world
from different points of view but in the
end they were all just humane angles,
we never look at a colored butterfly and
think about how lucky we would be if
we could view the world from its literal
point of view, to have this great wide
world out there colored at least twice
as much as the one we see.
No matter how much of an
optimist you are, this world is a million
times more beautiful and a million times
more colored than you give it credit for,
and even in the eyes of just a little flying
insect or a swimming little tiny shrimp.
RESOURCES:
For the cool shrimp:
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.
com/2008/07/19/the-mantis-shrimp-has-the-worlds-
fastest-punch/
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp
https://theconversation.com/mantis-shrimp-have-the-
worlds-best-eyes-but-why-17577
https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/incredible-bi-
zarre-spectrum-animal-colour-vision
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.
com/2014/01/23/the-mantis-shrimp-sees-like-a-satel-
lite/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp#Eyes
For the eagle:
http://www.insightvisioncenter.com/human-vi-
sion-vs-eagle-vision/
https://www.wonderwhizkids.com/bird-s-vision
https://www.quora.com/How-is-hawk-vision-better-
than-human-vision-anatomically-eye-components-
and-visual-cortex
For the blue triangle butterfly:
https://entomologytoday.org/2016/03/09/the-eyes-
of-common-bluebottle-butterflies-have-15-photore-
ceptor-classes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphium_sarpedon
https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/incredible-bi-
zarre-spectrum-animal-colour-vision
For the colossal squid:
https://listverse.com/2010/12/12/10-animals-with-in-
credible-eyes/
For the dragonfly:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27015-drag-
onfly-eyes-see-the-world-in-ultra-multicolour/
For the basics about human vision:
https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/amazing-hu-
man-eye
For the spookfish:
http://thescienceexplorer.com/nature/12-cool-
est-eyes-animal-kingdom
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