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Do dogs really see in just black and white?

  • Written by Nancy Dreschel, Associate Teaching Professor of Small Animal Science, Pennsylvania State University
imageDon't worry that your dog's world is visually drab.Kevin Short/EyeEm via Getty Imagesimage

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Do dogs really see in just black and white? – Oscar V., age 9, Somerville, Massachusetts

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