[OT] UV sight (was Re: Camo Schemes - Rot Hafen)

G'day Alan,

> And paintings of daisies don't do
>them justice, they're not just white, they have blue-silver concentric
>markings.

Someone with you're abilities would've revolutionized entomology -
wasn't
until fairly recently that they realised flowers have UV markers which
are
the equivalent to the bees etc of flashing neon signs saying "get it
here!". Guess us 'mundanes' just weren't up to the job ;)

It interesting to see where such things are leading us, my sister
recently
had her dyslexia cured by the prescription of UV opaque glasses.

>Which means... the KV may well have a nice brown-green basic colour,
>with tiger stripes in... Bright Red. At least at the start.

Its fun to think of all the battlefield faux pas that could occur when
two
new species meet hey? ;)

Human scout: "No I'm not on something they're REALLY wearing flaming
orange
and pink"

Kra'Vak scount: "No I'm not on something they're REALLY wearing green
and
black!"

Meanwhile on the other flank...

Phalon scout: "No I'm not on something they're REALLY warm blooded, they
light up like Nargellian glowbugs"...

Cheers

Beth

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