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Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by tunetardis@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects? Sure. But no mammals.

So I had to google it. Apparently, there is a sloth that moves around so slowly moss grows all over it and it doesn't care. So it may appear green, but only in the sense that it wears it.

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[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't know how relevant this is but I heard human eyes are very good at picking shades of green out. Maybe mammals are generally good at spotting greens and so hiding as a green thing doesn't work as well. Just a guess though

[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

From what other posters are saying, it may be the other way around? That is, most mammals cannot see green, so it doesn't matter from a camouflage perspective among mammals. Humans (and primates in general) are an outlier in this repect.

Bird of prey can, though, so there's that.

[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Word! That's cool

[–] MightyCuriosity@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I thought veritasium explained in his night vision video that this wasn't the case? I'm not sure though.

[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

I thought Veritasium was a Harry Potter spell but apparently I should have already known and watched a YouTube video before posting my silly thoughts.