Do syrian hamsters have night vision?
A lot of animals do have a night vision capacity, mostly those who hunt and are active at night. To hunt animals like these, humans use special optics with night or thermal vision ( http://www.atncorp.com/nightvision ). I don’t know particularly about that animal you mentioned, but as far as I am concerned, hamsters have not very good vision.
Hamsters have a poor sense of sight despite having large protruding and round eyes. They are near sighted, and hence are unable to see objects that are in close range. However, the lateral position of their eyes meant that they can see a wide angle of vision, and are able to spot movements of other animals and predators from a greater perceived distance. Hamsters are rumoured to be colour blind, being able only to see in different shades of black and white. They are also believed to be nearly blind in bright daylight. Some also believed that hamsters with red or ruby eyes have a poorer eye sight than hamsters with black eyes. Hamsters see best in dim light, but they always see in black and white. A hamster’s vision isn’t their best feature since they are nocturnal creatures. They are farsighted, but don’t see things with great sharpness. A hamster can see 110 degrees around them. A hamster’s hearing is better than it’s sense of vision. But it’s strongest in it’s sense of smell. It revo
