There was in a fact a study about how humans can also detect circularly polarized light:<p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/166958b0" rel="nofollow">https://www.nature.com/articles/166958b0</a>
> Polarized light usually oscillates in a fixed plane, but that plane can sometimes rotate, so light travels along a twisting helix.<p>wait what? they can bend light? make it not travel in a straight line? color me skeptical
Obligatory Oatmeal comic about the Mantis Shrimp:<p><a href="https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp" rel="nofollow">https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp</a>