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Post by Cailet on Jul 21, 2008 18:06:24 GMT -5
heres a question
Are chinchillas colour blind or can they see colours??
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Post by dawn on Jul 21, 2008 18:12:11 GMT -5
They can see shades of green and blue.
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Post by Cailet on Jul 21, 2008 18:31:00 GMT -5
ooo cool
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Post by sasha on Jul 21, 2008 18:37:50 GMT -5
There's something I didn't know. That's interesting.
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Post by dawn on Jul 21, 2008 18:40:15 GMT -5
I came across a research paper on it a few years ago while I was researching Tito's eye issue, his clear pupils and blindness.
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Post by sasha on Jul 21, 2008 19:02:47 GMT -5
Huh, that is really neat. So are they more stimulated by those colors?
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Post by trish on Jul 21, 2008 19:09:38 GMT -5
interesting.. i wonder how they figure that out..
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Post by Inked Up Tara on Jul 21, 2008 19:16:04 GMT -5
interesting.. i wonder how they figure that out.. I always wondered the same thing, how exactly they know what color an animal can see, just because it reacts a way?  |
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Post by hushabye on Jul 21, 2008 20:38:07 GMT -5
Maybe they just LIKE blues and greens better....lol
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Post by trish on Jul 22, 2008 18:15:55 GMT -5
i thought the same about dogs.. how do they know dogs are colorblind and only see in 2 d? it's not like we can see through their eyes.. lol
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Post by mishalaa on Jul 22, 2008 18:44:27 GMT -5
They look at the cells within the eye. Rods and cones are responsible for color and light perception. Some animals only have one or the other, people have both!
I was supposed to dissect a sheep's eye when I was in high school, but I was absent that day. =p
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Post by bethany on Jul 22, 2008 19:49:36 GMT -5
In a class I took they said based on studies with dogs, that they see color, just lighter than us. Like to us what would be canary yellow would be a pale yellow to them. I would have to get my notes out to see if it is certain colors, but they do see color.
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Post by chichichinchilla on Jul 22, 2008 20:47:23 GMT -5
They can see shades of green and blue. That's why Macy only chews on the green blocks |
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Post by sasha on Jul 23, 2008 4:08:15 GMT -5
I think I'm just going to dye my toy pieces green and blue if those seem to be more stimulating for them..hmm...
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Stacie
Chinnie Companion
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Post by Stacie on Jul 23, 2008 9:50:13 GMT -5
I don't think my boys care what color their toys are...they destroy everything equally.
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Post by sasha on Jul 23, 2008 17:10:43 GMT -5
That's true Stacie, my boys do the same  |
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Post by chinlover on Jul 30, 2008 6:20:55 GMT -5
so chins don't have favorite colors?  |
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Post by LotsofChins on Jul 30, 2008 19:24:42 GMT -5
so chins don't have favorite colors? I think their favorite color is brown like for apple wood and such!  |
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Post by Cailet on Jul 30, 2008 20:55:04 GMT -5
Kari seems to destroy anything red and orange first lol
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Post by rockysmom on Aug 1, 2008 15:58:11 GMT -5
That's a cool thing to know!
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