Maybe the thing is that the process is so slow that they both adapt simultaneously against each others maintaining balance, if prey see them slightly better they get hunted slightly less, so only those predators with some mutations that make them even harder to see can keep hunting them well, etc
Fascinating to thing about it, but I definitely feel my ignorance haha
The majority of mammals are red/green colorblind, so it's not that. In fact, we don't actually know why humans aren't red/green colorblind!
Basically, there are two likely reasons why most animals aren't. Either A. Not being red/green colorblind (like humans) has some cost (which seems possible, but unlikely to me), or B. Evolving the ability to see red/green colors is somehow an unlikely trait to evolve.
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u/adarkuccio Feb 04 '25
Maybe the thing is that the process is so slow that they both adapt simultaneously against each others maintaining balance, if prey see them slightly better they get hunted slightly less, so only those predators with some mutations that make them even harder to see can keep hunting them well, etc
Fascinating to thing about it, but I definitely feel my ignorance haha