Showerthoughts

29567 readers

1597 users here now

A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
Posts must be original/unique
Be good to others - no bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia
Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

209

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

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

65 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't know how relevant this is but I heard human eyes are very good at picking shades of green out. Maybe mammals are generally good at spotting greens and so hiding as a green thing doesn't work as well. Just a guess though

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

From what other posters are saying, it may be the other way around? That is, most mammals cannot see green, so it doesn't matter from a camouflage perspective among mammals. Humans (and primates in general) are an outlier in this repect.

Bird of prey can, though, so there's that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Word! That's cool

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

I thought veritasium explained in his night vision video that this wasn't the case? I'm not sure though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I thought Veritasium was a Harry Potter spell but apparently I should have already known and watched a YouTube video before posting my silly thoughts.