Re: When Dolphins use seeds.
From: "Alan and Carmel Brain" <aebrain@w...>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 18:34:26 +1000
Subject: Re: When Dolphins use seeds.
From: <Beth.Fulton@csiro.au>
> > What sort of Camo would a dolphin use?
>
> I take it you mean out of the water as many dolphins already have
colouring
> which = cam in water. If they develop any decent tech level they'd be
right
> on to radar cam/stealth. Visually they'd be cued on to shapes and dull
light
> conditions. Colour wise they're likely to mess stuff up as they
definitely
> miss on red and if some work out of Germany holds for all seals/whales
then
> they miss blue as well as they only have green cones. So the colours
might
> not fool humans... be interesting to see how they go with the KV
(which many
> people have proposed have a different set of colour vision to humans).
Also remember that sight is not their primary sense : sound is. Expect
their
vehicles to be as close to silent and/or mimicking background noise as -
er -
dolphinly possible.