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/Purple_Feature_6538 Feb 04 '25

Exactly. Should have taught these things in school. Always felt deers are so stupid. How the fuck is a tiger in camouflage.

It makes total sense now.

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u/i_says_things Feb 04 '25

I mean, they blend in even with the orange. So do leopards and lions and cheetahs.
On top of cats being hell a sneaky. Dunno what you mean about deer being dumb.

If you were in the jungle, you would never even know it was there before it got you, don't care how many shades of orange you can see.

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u/The_quest_for_wisdom Feb 04 '25

To hide in a forest you don't have to look like the foliage.

You just have to look like what is behind the foliage and keep a bush between you and whatever you're hiding from.

There are always going to be dead leaves on the forest floor, which look sort of orangish. Dark stripes that help break up your outline don't hurt either.

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u/FerrariF90 Feb 05 '25

I think I've read before that for animals that can see orange, the tigers pattern mimics sunlight coming through trees at dusk or dawn. The black stripes are the trees of course.

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u/HendrixHazeWays Feb 04 '25

So if my buddy Dan is behind the foliage and I want to hide from Ricky, I just have to look like Dan?

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u/I_Broke_Wind Feb 04 '25

No this is where everyone makes the mistake. To hide from Ricky, you have to look like Jeff.

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u/HendrixHazeWays Feb 04 '25

Jeff still owes me tree fiddy

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u/Expensive-Border-869 Feb 04 '25

Well them stop hiding from Ricky and hunt down Jeff

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u/HendrixHazeWays Feb 04 '25

Hang on....Suzie just called