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Tigers really are camouflaged – even if it doesn’t look like it to humans. Scientists have found that while tigers appear bright orange to us, deer - their main prey - see them as green. ScienceNews

London - A stripy orange coat seems a bold choice for a predator trying to blend into a forest background.Scientists have found that while tigers appear bright orange to humans, their main prey, deer, see them as green.

A study by the University of Bristol used computers to simulate what the world looks like through the eyes of a ‘dichromat’ – an animal which cannot differentiate between red and green.

 

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