Are most deer colorblind???

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From: Daniel Jonathan Clute
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:47

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	I've often wondered how most deer hunters can get away with 
wearing outrageously flashy clothes, such as fluorescent orange jackets,
and not (presumably) have any effect on their tracking down deer. Can't
the deer see them more easily with such gaudy attire? I have assumed
that most vertebrates have color vision; are deer an exception? More 
general, I'd like to know more about color vision among vertebrates. 
What mammals, in particular, cannot see color?

					Confused hunter,
					  Daniel Clute
					  djclute@cwis.unomaha.edu

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