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Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects? Sure. But no mammals.

So I had to google it. Apparently, there is a sloth that moves around so slowly moss grows all over it and it doesn't care. So it may appear green, but only in the sense that it wears it.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Best I've got is sloths. And they're only green because algae grows on them. And I know it sounds like cheating because they aren't intrinsically green but before you completely discount it there are animals that wouldn't be the color they are in a different environment. For instance, flamingos are only pink because of the seafood they eat. If fed a different diet they can be almost white.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Yeah fair. I had painted glass fish in my aquarium at one point and discovered the "paint" came from feeding them dyed food and eventually faded away when I gave them normal food back at home. They are naturally transparent for the most part which, frankly, I thought was cooler. I did have a gourami that was legit green though, as far as I could tell.