Evolution is throwing things against the wall and seeing what sticks (by sticking I mean reproducing bc you have better traits). If every single one of their prey and predators have this color blindness then orange and green would have the same effectiveness and whichever trait comes out first. If a prey/predator evolved to have better color vision then it would quickly become a disadvantage and after millions of years itâs possible they evolve to have green fur.
There could be other benefits like being easier to attract mates.
Also some animals can see infrared, so even if their fur was perfect for the environment they could still have issues being spotted, in which case the color doesnât matter as much and the colors for mating becomes more important.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Mammals donât come in green. We have 2 colours available to us, in different amounts: eumelanin, which is dark brown to black, and pheomelanin, which is yellow/red. We can mix those up in any way, or none (for white), but itâll never be green.
Now, many other animals donât have green either, peacock feathers for example, have brown pigment, but they have a structure that makes it look green and blue from wave interference.
Unfortunately, you canât really do that with fur, since you need to look at fur from all directions, not just the front.
So, mammals donât get green fur.
renamon_silver@lemmy.wtf â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Then how do you explain this? Image
Iampossiblyatwork@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Damn.