The Rods and Cones on Equal Terms

Inside our eyes are two different kinds of receptors:

• The rod, in which the human eye has 120 million and work in low light
• The cone, in which the human eye has only 6 to 7 million of them, the receptor that brings us color.

Before you bring up the tetrachromats, yes, I have read about the humans who can see 100 million shades of colors, but for this question, I'm going some steps further.

Let's say that a predatory animal has equal number of rods and cones--say, 400 million each. What would color vision and night vision look like? Would it affect the eyes' attention to detail in any way?

posted over 8 years ago

JohnWDailey‭

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