Vision
Human vision
like that of other primates(灵长类) has evolved in an arboreal(丛林) environment.
{{U}}(46) {{/U}}
In the course of evolution, members of
the primate line have acquired large eyes while the nose has shrunk.
{{U}}(47) {{/U}}Of mammals(哺乳动物) only humans and some primates enjoy
color vision. {{U}}(48) {{/U}} Horses live in a single-color world.
Light visible to human eyes, however, occupies only a very
narrow band in the whole electro magnetic spectrum(光谱). Ultraviolet rays(紫外线)are
invisible to humans though ants and honey bees are sensitive to them.
{{U}}(49) {{/U}} The world would look terribly different if human eyes
were sensitive to infrared radiation(红外线). Then instead of the darkness of
night, we would be able to move easily in a strange shadow less world.
{{U}}(50) {{/U}}
The color sensitivity of normal human
vision is rarely surpassed even by complicated technical devices.
A. Humans have no direct perception of infrared rays.
B.
In the dense complex world of a tropical forest, it is more important to see
well than to de velop an acute sense of smell.
C. That gives
the eye a wilder view.
D. The red flag is black to the bull.
E. There are different mammals in tropical forest.
F. In this world, objects glowed with varying degrees of intensity.