Your eyes have a built-in ultraviolet filter
Nature clearly realized our optical hardware was overly sensitive and installed a permanent internal sunglass lens. The viscous gel filling the human eyeball naturally absorbs massive amounts of ultraviolet radiation before it can severely burn the delicate retinas. Consequently, our own biological defense mechanisms literally blind us to the glowing, invisible spectrum that many other organisms casually utilize.

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