Science has taught us that deer do not see bright orange as humans do. Bright orange is a much muted color to deer, especially if it is part of a camouflage pattern. Detergents that employ brighteners to make whites whiter and colors brighter are easily seen by deer and other animals. Humans to not see them because we have an Ultraviolet filter in our lens of our eyes to protect them from sun damage. The deer and other animals see a blue glow brighter than we see fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink. Use of an ultraviolet removing product will make the hunter less visible to deer. At dawn, dusk or in shadows humans will be a pattern of gray instead of a bright beacon.

“If a turkey could smell, we would never kill one,” the saying goes. Turkeys may not be able to smell according to the National Wild Turkey Federation, they can see about three times better than humans with 20/20 vision. They can see some color and with their eyes on the sides of their heads, can see at about a 270 degree angle. Any unanticipated movement sets off their alarm bells and they are gone.

Janan Lagerwall on Upsplash posits that rabbits can see nearly 360 degrees around them without turning their heads, including the area behind them, as well as above them. However, they do have a small blind spot directly in front of their faces.

All three of these animals are prey and not predators. Yet, each has different attributes that help them avoid predators.It would be interesting to learn why or how these survival mechanisms have evolved for the species