Wallaby's perception of color is more similar to a dog than a quokka
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 13:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Biologists have recently discovered that a wallaby's perception of color is more similar to a dog than a quokka, sparking questions as to why marsupial color vision has evolved so selectively. By developing a pokies-like game for the wallabies, the research was able to determine exactly what the animals saw and how their color perception differed from other species.