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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months 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-up2·8 months agoSome birds and insects are green.
minus-squarecolourlessidea@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoTrue, but they aren’t mammals.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoNo, why is it so hard for mammals to make green? Even green eyes are just a reflection/interferrence trick.
minus-squareuniquethrowagay@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months 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-up3·8 months agoRight, i just remembered that green and blue in feathers is also just a interferrence trick. Same in bug shell.
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.