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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There are no green mammals because of some biology reason I can't remember.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah I think it was a balance patch, because mammals that could photosynthesize were too OP.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Some birds and insects are green.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

True, but they aren’t mammals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No, why is it so hard for mammals to make green? Even green eyes are just a reflection/interferrence trick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Right, i just remembered that green and blue in feathers is also just a interferrence trick. Same in bug shell.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Also, the vast majority of mammals don't see green either.