“some species are capable of seeing light that is invisible to us, distinguishing more shades of visible light than us, and detecting properties of light impossible for humans to comprehend.”
Eyes of an insect that can see beyond what we call the visible spectrum. I have always longed to see unimaginable colors.
I read this short story by Ambrose Bierce when I was about eleven or twelve, and it put the idea into my head. Ever since, it’s just sort of been there as an impossible wish.
Huh. Turns mantis shrimp was a meme. The wily internet meme, sneaking upon the unsuspecting like a rick roll. Or two girls with one glass between them.
The taste of any lepidopteran. It would really be something to be able to perceive and control pheromone signals consciously. I’ve wanted this sense ever since I read Clare Bell’s People of the Sky years ago.