Comic #3850: bee-vision

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Panel 1:

• Text: "Flowers evolved to attract pollinators."
• Image: A colorful flower is illustrated prominently.

Panel 2:

• Text: "Bee vision is not the same as ours. They see less infrared than us. But they see more UV."
• Image: A spectrum comparison with two bars. The upper bar labeled "THEM" (representing bee vision) includes ultraviolet and infrared, while the lower bar labeled "US" (representing human vision) shows a spectrum typical of human color perception.

Panel 3:

• Text: "Humans have been around for 200,000 years, and there are flowers whose patterns we have never seen."
• Image: A man with a beard is depicted standing in a landscape filled with various colorful flowers.

Panel 4:

• Text: "Until now."
• Image: The same man, now looking through special goggles, indicating excitement or discovery.

Panel 5:

• Image: Close-up of the man’s torso. He wears a tank top with a group of flowers surrounding him. One flower has a large leaf with the text: "HUMANS DUM"

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This comic explores the concept of how different species perceive colors differently, focusing on bees and human limitations in seeing certain flower patterns.