• Question: Why can we see colours compared to animals such as cats and dogs?

    Asked by AimeeCoady130 to Triona, Simone, Kieran, Julia, Emily on 13 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Kieran

      Kieran answered on 13 Nov 2018: last edited 13 Nov 2018 10:05 am

      We have special cells in our eyes called cones and rods. Rods allow us to see in black and white and cones absorb more wavelengths of light so we can see colour. Other animals might not have these cones.

      Mice and rats can see UV light because their eye cells are sensitive to this wavelength of light but our eyes are not!

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