There are certain animals, like snakes, that can detect infrared with their specially developed sensory organs, but dogs do not have that ability. ... We have what is called a trichromatic vision, but our dogs have dichromatic; that is, they see only a part of the spectrum that we can see.There's a popular misconception that cats can see thermal infrared, the kind that takes a $10,000 camera to see: This is just a myth. They really just have good night vision. ... On the other hand, most animals, including humans and cats, have some limited ability to see near infrared under artificial conditions.When you watch the encounter on this archived video from PixController you can see everything that's going on, but the participants can't. The nest is lit at night by an infrared lamp mounted near the distant camera. The camera can “see” the infrared light but we, the eagle, and the raccoon cannot.Infrared light has longer wavelengths and lower energy than visible light and cannot be seen with the human eye. Mosquitoes, vampire bats, bed bugs, and some snake and beetle species, however, can use portions of the infrared spectrum for vision. Sometimes humans can “see” infrared energy in the form of heat.

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