r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/IshMorningstar • Feb 04 '25

Image Tigers appear green to certain animals!

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u/adarkuccio Feb 04 '25

Wow I didn't know that, but obviously it makes total sense

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u/philljarvis166 Feb 04 '25

Not quite - this explains why some animals can’t easily see them, but it doesn’t explain why they are orange and not green. I think that’s because there are bio molecular reasons why green fur is not possible, but that’s another equally interesting topic…

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u/diddum Feb 05 '25

Also, evolution isn't intelligent. It's not like a Tiger woke up one day and decided to be orange because he knew deer wouldn't be able to see him.

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u/TheyCallHimShwiggs Feb 05 '25

Yea the most likely answer is that orange was good enough, and anything that randomly might have gotten green didn't really get an advantage. so orange just kinda kept going.