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Why tigers look orange to us but green to deer
Humans are trichromats, so a tiger looks orange to us. Deer and wild boars are dichromats, and to them the same tiger appears green.
Paper Parrot@paperparrot_Tigers look orange to humans because we are trichromats, but they appear green to deer and wild boars because they are dichromats.
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