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Tigers appear orange to humans but green to deer and wild boar due to colour vision differences.
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this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2026
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Is this why hunters wear blaze orange? Other hunters can see them, but the deer see green like foliage?
Yeah, when i anthropomorphize tigers going forward they will be rednecks in camoflauge hats, vest, and shorts.
Yup. Also because the biggest danger when you're hunting is other hunters
Yeah before you know it you have to apologize for getting shot by the vice president.
In the face. Apologize after he shot you IN THE FACE.
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Well I knew the second part. I also knew that deer rely on scent far more than vision to spot predators. What I didn't know is why hunting laws specifically call for the use of blaze orange (also fluorescent pink). Not the caution yellow or that greenish yellow you see a lot in construction and high visibility garments, but specially blaze orange. It makes perfect sense if the orange still works as camo from the deer, but is extra visible to other hunters. That's like a best case scenario color.
So then why don't hunters just hunt in tiger stripe jumpsuits, something that would make RiFFRaFF blush
See, that's what I told the others when I showed up at the hunting trip in my tiger fursuit
You mean kind of like this? They do make blaze orange camo.