I would be interested in seeing a wet vs dry comparison
somerandomxander on
I approve of this cool macaw
GnomeNot on
I’m guessing the light reflects differently when wet.
OmniscientRaisin on
interesting… i would guess it has something to do with how the light reflects off of the feathers, which is maybe affected when they’re wet?
DrWhiteGlint on
It turns out that blue pigments are not normal in nature and as a result most cases of blue animals are a result of light interacting with the material physically rather than it actually being a blue substance. So the water is probably changing how the light responds to the pigment.
nim_opet on
Because blue is a structural not pigment color in birds and reptiles.
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That is mildly interesting
I would be interested in seeing a wet vs dry comparison
I approve of this cool macaw
I’m guessing the light reflects differently when wet.
interesting… i would guess it has something to do with how the light reflects off of the feathers, which is maybe affected when they’re wet?
It turns out that blue pigments are not normal in nature and as a result most cases of blue animals are a result of light interacting with the material physically rather than it actually being a blue substance. So the water is probably changing how the light responds to the pigment.
Because blue is a structural not pigment color in birds and reptiles.
This is amazing