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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Is the eyesight of small animals like mice and snakes as poor as ours would be if our retinas were the size of theirs?
gpt
Better or poor are tricky descriptors. Animals evolve their senses to be suited to their environments. Humans’ colour vision is amongst the best in the world and have some of the most detailed up close vision in bright light. The trade off was poor low light vision. Other animals prioritize low light vision over perceiving colours. Humans have sharp vision in a tight area directly in front of them but the trade off is poor peripheral vision and no vision behind them. Other animals have an almost 360 degree field of view, but lack a region of extreme sharpness. Each of these different sets of abilities is “better” in a particular set of living conditions.