i_need_your_bones comments on Tigers appear orange to humans but green to deer and wild boar due to colour vision differences.

[–] i_need_your_bones@piefed.social 21 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

Same as the deer, dichromatic red/green colourblind. Can't differentiate between red and green

A tiger does not know it's orange

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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago

A tiger does not know it's orange

That sounds like an ancient wise proverb

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So when an orang cat stands in grass they think they are camouflaged? Neat.

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[–] DonkeyStar@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

That made me a little sad, but we can’t see our Blaschko’s lines, so I guess they’re not really missing out.

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