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minus-squareuniquethrowagaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 days agoThere are no green mammals because of some biology reason I can’t remember.
minus-squarehexabs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 days agoYeah I think it was a balance patch, because mammals that could photosynthesize were too OP.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoBasically all mammalian pigmentation is just melanin, so mammal colorings are mostly just different amounts of brown combined with different amounts of red, and some animals don’t even have the red.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-222 days agoSome birds and insects are green.
minus-squarecolourlessidea@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 days agoTrue, but they aren’t mammals.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-222 days agoNo, why is it so hard for mammals to make green? Even green eyes are just a reflection/interferrence trick.
minus-squareuniquethrowagaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days agoIt’s hard to do with fur, I believe. Birds and bugs also don’t have green pigment, I believe. But they also don’t have fur.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-222 days agoRight, i just remembered that green and blue in feathers is also just a interferrence trick. Same in bug shell.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoAlso, the vast majority of mammals don’t see green either.
There are no green mammals because of some biology reason I can’t remember.
Yeah I think it was a balance patch, because mammals that could photosynthesize were too OP.
Basically all mammalian pigmentation is just melanin, so mammal colorings are mostly just different amounts of brown combined with different amounts of red, and some animals don’t even have the red.
Some birds and insects are green.
True, but they aren’t mammals.
No, why is it so hard for mammals to make green? Even green eyes are just a reflection/interferrence trick.
It’s hard to do with fur, I believe. Birds and bugs also don’t have green pigment, I believe. But they also don’t have fur.
Right, i just remembered that green and blue in feathers is also just a interferrence trick. Same in bug shell.
Also, the vast majority of mammals don’t see green either.