Bunny vision

[kcomstoc]

 This one comes from my boyfriend, he was sitting on the floor sharing an apple with caleb (it was a red delicious) and he asked if bunnies could see in color? I have absolutely no idea and i thought maybe someone on here would know

[MoveDiagonally]

Here’s an article about bunny vision:
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/vision.html

“What about color vision? In general, vertebrates have two different types of photoreceptor cells in their retinas: rods and cones. Cones confer high resolution, and, if more than one cone type is present, they also confer the ability to perceive various wavelengths of light as distinct colors. For example, we humans have three different categories of cone–their maximum sensitivities in the red, blue and green regions of the spectrum. The differing sensitivities of each cone type enable us to perceive different (visible) wavelengths of light as the colors of the rainbow.

Behavioral studies published in the early 1970’s indicate that rabbits do have a limited ability to discriminate between some wavelengths of light, perceiving them as different colors. Evidently, they can discriminate between the wavelengths we call “green” and “blue.” Although rabbits may not perceive green and blue the way we do, they *can* tell them apart. This means they have limited color vision, probably conferred by two different categories of cone cells (blue and green).”

[kcomstoc]

That was a great article. Now I know that I shouldn’t be carrying other things when I come up to him, or expect him to be skittish if i do. Their noses definitely make up for their lack of vision. I can’t even sneak an apple into the room up my sleeve without him knowing it.

[LBJ10]

Bunnies can see pretty well. They are prey animals after all and they need to keep an eye out for danger. I’m sure they can distinguish between some colors but they probably don’t see them the same way we do. They are surrounded by green all the time in the wild, so I suppose knowing the difference between green and something else would be good. Different animals can see different stuff depending on how they live. Some animals can see UV light, humans certainly can’t. Some animals can see infrared too. Wouldn’t it be cool if we could be transplanted into different animals’ heads to see how they see the world?

[kcomstoc]

I really would think it was awesome if we could see in the dark

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