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Tigers appear orange to humans but green to deer and wild boar due to colour vision differences.
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this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2026
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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!”
Same as the deer, dichromatic red/green colourblind. Can't differentiate between red and green
A tiger does not know it's orange
That made me a little sad, but we can’t see our Blaschko’s lines, so I guess they’re not really missing out.
That sounds like an ancient wise proverb
So when an orang cat stands in grass they think they are camouflaged? Neat.