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[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

So are any animals actually capable of seeing the invisible spectrums of light? Because humans technically can see them, since we make tools that allow us to. Suck on that, other animals. ๐Ÿ˜ค

[โ€“] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Like infrared and ultraviolet? Yeah, there are animals that see those.

[โ€“] Shou@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

And all the other stuff we yse to see celestial objects and communicate long distance. Our phones are able to see colours we can't!

[โ€“] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I've been thinking about how a species with a metal horn could evolve to use it as a radio and even a hive mind.

[โ€“] Shou@lemmy.world 1 points 53 minutes ago

Seems limited. Pheromone mix is far more suitable for a hive mind.

[โ€“] Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine aliens attacking us but getting fucked because their hive mind works on the same frequency of radio or wifi.

[โ€“] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm pretty sure if it worked on any frequency in the charged electromagnetic spectrum, they would get completely screwed long before they made it to earth.

As a qualified amateur operator, the radio spectrum is noisy.