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[–] Zestyclose_Marketing 0 points 30 points (+30|-0) ago 

All animals associate bright colors with poison. Its universal in the animal kingdom.

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[–] ManchesterT 0 points 19 points (+19|-0) ago 

Vibrant colors as a warning of toxicity is called apoSEMATISM:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aposematism

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[–] LarryWhiteContrary 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

Awful close to antisemitism!!! Oy vey!!!!!

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[–] ItsOk2bArian 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I use ape-o-sematism to avoid toxic species of human

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[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

What then explains bees and hummingbirds attraction to brightly colored flowers? It seems there must be some nuance making it a not entirely universal rule. (Not arguing, just wondering how firm the rule actually is, because I've seen the same claim made about bitter tastes which is fairly true but also has many exceptions.)

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[–] dassaer 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Don't bees and insects view things in a different spectrum than humans??. some good ytube videos on it - plants /flowers look entirely different colour wise, to what we see them as, and have various visual designs imprinted on them, almost like 'landing patterns and bullseyes' (to help facilitate different insect species for harvesting pollen seeds etc, to ensure the plants reproduction/ proliferation or sumsuch)...