Blue Tarantula

[Ellenantula]

Actually, the older a manuscript is, the more it will have strayed from the original, especially when copies were made by hand, one at a time, by untrained scribes.

Um, Mishna/Talmud were my "newer" ones that supported the older Torah.
Sort of the way xtians use church father documents to support teachings in new testament.
Suggesting, and apparently NOT proving (lol) that more recent ancient manuscripts had references to things in much older ancient manuscripts.
"Nevermind" (best Gilda Radner impression inserted here)

Thoroughly enjoyed the blue color article anyway.
I have heard of tribes that don't distinguish certain colors, or will group colors as the same that we differentiate.

 

[Ripa]

So, in theory, it could make the tarantula near invisible? Thats very interesting. Thanks for the info.

Can't necessarily say that. If humans couldn't see blue, it would be replaced with grey. Many mammalian predators in the order Carnivora are red-green colorblind, and in many instances, their prey has shades of red, be it in their fur (like many antelope). That is not to say, some predators have a harder time distinguishing prey from the environment if the prey isn't moving. Dogs are a great example of this.

 

[TheHonestPirate]

Check out bite reports too, even more fun.

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Actually, the older a manuscript is, the more it will have strayed from the original, especially when copies were made by hand, one at a time, by untrained scribes.

I saw the reports. Thats one of my favorite sub forums. Its a little unsettling

 

[awiec]

Can't necessarily say that. If humans couldn't see blue, it would be replaced with grey. Many mammalian predators in the order Carnivora are red-green colorblind, and in many instances, their prey has shades of red, be it in their fur (like many antelope). That is not to say, some predators have a harder time distinguishing prey from the environment if the prey isn't moving. Dogs are a great example of this.

Or in the case of zebras they all move so all those stripes cause the predator loose focus as most carnivores can only focus on one item at a time.

 

[viper69]

have you ever seen the Pterinopelma sazimai, I think it bluest tarantulas out there.

It really isn't. The first picture I saw of it years ago when it was first discovered, made it look incredible. Now however, after looking at a variety of pictures and videos them, collectively they are blue, but not nearly as bright blue as a GBB or a P metallica. Unfortunately the T w/the brightest blue, most solid blue color has it only as a sling, A versicolor.

Blue is however the rarest color in nature, and also the rarest color word of the ROYGBIV spectrum (technically there's no such thing as indigo, it's a purely human construct, the background of its origins is pretty amusing) in all human cultures. In fact, most animals that are blue, aren't even blue (ie they contain no blue pigment at all, including human eyes). Blue is a particularly tricky color.

 

[Poec54]

It really isn't. The first picture I saw of it years ago when it was first discovered, made it look incredible. Now however, after looking at a variety of pictures and videos them, collectively they are blue, but not nearly as bright blue as a GBB or a P metallica. Unfortunately the T w/the brightest blue, most solid blue color has it only as a sling, A versicolor.

Laeta's a close second, and it goes thru an even bigger color transformation.