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Kontraste

Kontraste

In low light, a mammal’s ability to perceive differences in brightness and distinguish objects from their background is crucial for object recognition. However, when the entire landscape is blanketed in white snow and there is very little light during the extremely long twilight phase - as is the case during the long winter in northern Europe - the ability to see food as clearly as possible under these difficult conditions is a vital advantage. In 2013, a research group discovered that reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) are particularly adept at perceiving wavelengths in UV light (the proportion of UV light is very high during the twilight phases of that seasonal period) in order to better distinguish their food plants against the white landscape. An adaptation that likely makes life in these high latitudes possible in the first place.
 

 
 

S&W | Kontraste | Sweden | 2025 
 

Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) on a mountain ridge in the fells
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