Camouflage is a curious concept. Humans use a variety of twigs, branches, leaves and colors to blend in with their environment. On the other side of the coin is the whitetail deer, which wears one shade of brown and becomes nearly undetectable in all but a snow-filled background.

Have you wondered how deer see? What colors they can perceive? Do they see better than humans? There’s a lot of useful scientific information in this video, which describes a new camo pattern that’s based on what scientists have learned about deer vision.

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