![]() Rods are the parts of the eye that allow you to detect light. They have a high concentration of rods that allows this to occur. However, their eyes are built towards detecting movement – not color. It isn’t that they can see at night just as well as they can see during the day. Can Ball Pythons See at Night? Image Credit: aixklusiv, Pixabayīall pythons do have “night vision.” However, they likely can’t see as well at night as you’d expect. It is unclear if they can see yellow as well. With that said, some experts have suggested that they can see blue and green. Until we can see through their eyes, we won’t know. However, we can’t tell what colors ball pythons see and which ones they don’t. Ball pythons will see similarly, minus one of the colors. ![]() All the colors we see are either these three colors, black, or white. Therefore, it is likely that ball pythons can see two different colors.Įverything they see is in the shade of one of those colors, black, or white.Īs an example, we have three different kinds of cones that can detect blue, red, and yellow. Cones are the part of the eye that detects colors. However, we now know that ball pythons actually have two types of cones. They evolved under very diverse circumstances, so they require alternate traits.Īre Ball Pythons Color Blind? Image Credit: Seregraff, Shutterstockįor a long time, we considered all snakes to be colorblind. It isn’t that ball pythons have bad vision – just that they see in a different way than we do. During this time, their eyesight is cloudy, as the skin over their eyes blocks some of their vision. They also have a very developed sense of smell, which also helps with hunting and navigation.įurthermore, they also have particularly bad eyesight when they are shedding. This trait allows them to detect living animals better, which is useful when you’re spending much of your time in darkness. To make up for some of their lesser visual abilities, these snakes can detect infrared radiation. Most animals that do see in color don’t see very well at nighttime. Plus, ball pythons are nocturnal, which makes seeing color difficult anyway. Most of their prey items use camouflage to some extent, so seeing color really wouldn’t be helpful. Instead, their eyes are simply better at picking up movement – not color. It isn’t that they can’t see colors at all. ![]() Like most predatory animals, they cannot see colors very well. Particularities of Ball Pythons’ Eyesight Image Credit by Kapa65, Pixabay This trait may also help them spot moving creatures better, which would obviously help with hunting. After all, all of their prey animals are moving creatures. As predators, they don’t really need to focus on still objects. They can also only focus on moving objects. You don’t really need to when you’re underground, which is where ball pythons spend much of their time! However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that their eyesight is bad – just different.įor instance, all ball pythons are short-sighted. Whether ball pythons have good vision depends on your definition of “good.” Ball pythons are obviously very different from humans, and thus, they have very different eyesight features.
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