See the world through animal eyes
Animal Vision turns your camera into the eyes of a dog, cat, eagle, shark and dozens more — grounded in real vision science.
Grounded in real science
Every simulation is built from peer-reviewed research — cone sensitivities, visual acuity, low-light ability and more.
How every animal sees
Explore 46 species and discover how each one really perceives the world.
Dog
Red–green blind, built for motion and dusk
Cat
Muted colour, unbeatable night vision
Horse
Almost 360°, with two blind spots
Bull
It's the motion, not the red cape
Rabbit
Panoramic prey vision, motion first
Deer
Blaze orange looks grey; blue glows
Mouse
Sees ultraviolet in near-darkness
Ferret
A low-light, low-detail tunnel hunter
Eagle
Violet vision at 2–3× your acuity
Pigeon
Five-ish colour channels, near-panoramic
Honeybee
Sees UV flower guides, blind to red
Housefly
Coarse, near-360°, super-fast motion
Mantis shrimp
Up to 16 receptors — and polarization
Shark
Colour-blind, contrast-obsessed hunter
Dolphin
A monochrome ocean, guided by sonar
Octopus
Colour-blind, yet sees polarized light
Elephant
Colour that shifts from day to night
Snake (pit viper)
Sees the body heat of its prey
Gecko
Colour vision by starlight
Pig
A smell-first grazer, blind to red
Goat
Panoramic eyes, horizontal pupils
Sheep
A wide, motion-watching flock eye
Squirrel
The rare daytime rodent, red-blind
Chicken
UV tetrachromat — richer colour than you
Duck
UV vision, and eyes nearly all around
Goldfish
Sees ultraviolet and red alike
Clownfish
Its stripes glow in secret UV
Frog
Sees colour in near-total darkness
Moth
Colour vision by starlight
Reindeer
Sees UV; winter eyes turn blue
Bat
Not blind — many bats see ultraviolet
Seal
A colour-blind, blue-tuned diver
Tiger
Orange coat that looks green to its prey
Owl
Trades colour for starlight vision
Hummingbird
Sees colours you never will
Penguin
Blue-shifted for the underwater world
Chameleon
Two eyes, aimed independently
Sea turtle
UV-to-red colour beneath the waves
Crocodile
A sharp streak across the waterline
Dragonfish
A secret far-red sniper scope
Butterfly
Up to 15 kinds of colour receptor
Dragonfly
Maybe 30 opsins, near-360° motion
Jumping spider
Tiny eyes — sharpest of their size
Zebrafish
Four cone channels and a near-panoramic view
Indian peafowl
Four visible cone channels, oil-droplet filters and measured detail
Common carp
Four cone channels from ultraviolet to red, with measured retinal detail
Guides
- Dog vs cat vision: how their eyes really compare — Colour, sharpness, night vision, field of view and flicker, side by side, with the studies behind each number.
- Which animal has the best eyesight? — Every species in the catalogue ranked by measured sharpness, and why sharpness is only one kind of "best".
- Animals that see ultraviolet light — Which animals have a light receptor tuned to ultraviolet, what they use it for, and why no screen can show it.
- Are animals colour blind? Which ones, and how much — Which animals see two colours, which see one, and what "colour blind" actually means for each.
Try it live on your phone
Point your camera at anything and watch it transform into animal vision in real time.