Though human brains receive a variety of information from all of our sensory organs, we tend to rely heavily on vision. Like many other animals, we use vision to take in our surrounds, look for food, and keep an eye out for danger. So how do human eyes measure up against the best vision in the animal world? A few factors influence what we might consider ‘good’ vision. One is the ability to see color. Humans are trichromats, which means that we have three types color receptors, known as cone cells.
