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Steve Stewart-Williams

@stevestuwill

Psychology, evolution, science. Author of "The Ape That Understood the Universe" (2018) and "Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life" (2010). Backup: @SteveStuWill2

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Why are tigers so conspicuously colored? Doesn't it give them away to prey? Well, they're conspicuous to us, with our trichromatic vision. But the species they typically hunt have dichromatic vision, and can't distinguish orange from green. To them, tigers are camouflaged!

Why are tigers so conspicuously colored? Doesn't it give them away to prey? Well, they're conspicuous to us, with our trichromatic vision. But the species they typically hunt have dichromatic vision, and can't distinguish orange from green. To them, tigers are camouflaged!