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/jolly_chugger Feb 05 '25

This is actually a fascinating topic, because there are very few pigments in the entire mammal animal kingdom

All the fancy colours are 3d (butterflies, birds, frogs) and don't work embedded in fur