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Infrared, light not visible to human eye... I wonder, do (some) animals see in infrared?

 

I recently read that warm-blooded creatures such as us cannot see in infrared, because our bodies produce heat and would greatly complicate our vision.

 

However, many cold-blooded animals can 'sense' infrared light; such as frogs, fish, snakes and blood-sucking insects, i.e. mosquitoes and bedbugs.....

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Uploaded on August 6, 2018
Taken on July 21, 2018