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[–] DonkeyStar@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The real question is what color they see themselves as. “I’m bright orange and they still can’t see me? The fuck?” Or “I’m green and should blend in perfectly, but that human is looking right at me!”

[–] i_need_your_bones@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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

[–] DonkeyStar@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week 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.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago

A tiger does not know it's orange

That sounds like an ancient wise proverb

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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