Snakes' secret language of ultraviolet color: A hidden world of predator evasion and camouflage

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Mar 13, 2025, 4:41 pm124 ptsTrending
In the study of why and how animals look the way they do, color is king—at least, the range of color humans can see. A University of Michigan study has examined a color range that humans can't see and often ignore: color in the ultraviolet range. Examining snakes, the researchers categorized how the animals…

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