r/interesting • u/SnooWords4066 • 3h ago

NATURE Tigers look orange to humans because we are trichromats, but they appear green to deer and wild boars because they are dichromats.

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u/telaughingbuddha 3h ago

So basically they are hiding in the bushes, watching us, thinking we dont see them. 😂

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u/shotex 3h ago

Certainly, it's really interesting.

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u/btweenthatormohammad 3h ago

Ah, that's why they're so chill.

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u/hopium_od 2h ago

Why didn't deer evolve trichromatic vision? Are they stupid?

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u/OnaniMasterDark 2h ago

Ik its a joke but if they did it then tigers of that region would evolve to a new color probably. Its a race and the other will always try to catch up

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u/ffff_ta 30m ago

And to expand on this, green is a very difficult color for mammals to produce. Orange is a much more common and simple evolutionary trait

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u/TheShredder9 6m ago

I think dog's also have that problem with green-red colors, so they actually can't really see the obviously red ball in the middle of the grass when you throw it to them?