Comment on Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green?
Geobloke@lemm.ee 8 months ago
We might not be looking at them with the right eyes
Comment on Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green?
Geobloke@lemm.ee 8 months ago
We might not be looking at them with the right eyes
tunetardis@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Wow, that is fascinating!
Makes me wonder about the other direction, going into the near infrared as opposed to UV. I remember from a class in remote sensing that many plants are actually most reflective in that band (more so than in green, even). NIR air photos are often used by biologists to get an indication of the health of a forest. But I have no idea whether animals also reflect NIR? It may be that most animals cannot see in that band in the first place, so it would not offer any camouflage advantage.