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Re:Pom-pom crabs fight over tiny anemones, which they hold l... by jkaunisv1 on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:56PM (#13618346)
Ah, thanks. I'm surprised I haven't heard of body modders getting that done so they can see UV, that sounds like a neat superpower akin to people who get magnets embedded in their fingers. Going to research risks now..
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Re:Pom-pom crabs fight over tiny anemones, which they hold l... by moron4hire on Friday February 10, 2017 @06:21PM (#13619796)
I'm going to guess the retina doesn't hold up to UV exposure too well. Seems very likely.
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Re:Pom-pom crabs fight over tiny anemones, which they hold l... by _nothing on Friday February 10, 2017 @06:42PM (#13619914)
You would be right in the case of UVA light [1]. Though it's interesting that we have photoreceptors for UV light in the first place.

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21646980

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