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Color vision of bats

03.04.2010

After studying the retinas of two species of bats from Central and South America, German physiologists came to the conclusion that these bats can distinguish colors.

Cones are found in the retina - cells that work only in good light and allow you to see color. There are two types of them: perceiving yellow-green color and sensitive to ultraviolet. The latter are needed to search for food - flowers with nectar (many flowers glow brightly with reflected light in the ultraviolet range).

The proportion of color-sensitive cells in the retina of bats is less than 4% (in humans, approximately 5,3%).

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