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JungleJim@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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tunetardis@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
From what other posters are saying, it may be the other way around? This 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.

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- JungleJim@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Word! That’s cool
  
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MightyCuriosity@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I thought veritasium explained in his night vision video that this wasn’t the case? I’m not sure though.

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- JungleJim@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨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.
  
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