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There’s also the issue of night camouflage for elk<\/a> hunting. Follow these elk hunting best practices at night, and you’ll be way ahead of competing hunters and predators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The eyes can see because light bounces back into the pupils when light hits an object. Both humans and animals have these specialized nerves called photoreceptor nerves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photoreceptors are responsible for “translating” the object to the brain. And thus, you can “see” the world around you. So, there are two types of photoreceptors: rods and cones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rods are light-sensitive; they detect the amount of light (amplitude) in a grayscale of black and white. Cones are responsible for detecting the color of the light (frequency.) They can detect Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) lights of varying intensity. There are more rods (120M) than cones (6M).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rods are also slower to adapt than cones. That’s why when you enter a dark room; your eyes take longer to adapt to the darkness. But you can detect colors quicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elks have larger eyeballs than humans; therefore, more light can enter their eyes through the enlarged pupils. They have much more rods and cones.\u00a0That’s why they can see in the dark much better than humans<\/a>. Call it God or evolution, but the rods in an elk’s eye make it easier to see even under starlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cones will also detect colors more vividly, but they’re still blurry for their dichromatic vision<\/a>. Elk can see less red than humans, but they can see more blue, yellow, and green, perhaps because they’re the colors of food and water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As established, elk can see red the least. Perhaps, their eyes allocated more nerves to detect green and blue for food and water. There’s no need to see red because it serves no survival need now. Will elk learn to see more red as a survival necessity? It remains to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some evidence suggests that\u00a0deer are red blind<\/a>. Being a deer species, elk might also be red-blind. But being part of one family doesn’t mean they’re the same. There are many species of animals for that particular reason. The species that adapt the best will multiply, and the weak species will die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
