>> Given the fact that rabbits are rather defenceless prey animals that
> spend almost all of their life outside the warren eating against a
> green background, why haven't they evolved to be green? And why has no
> other similar mammal evolved green skin or fur, while many insects
> have?
>> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>> Cheers,
> Martin
> Probably because mammals (so far as I know) can't grow green
pigments? Why they can't? I'm not sure ( I mean aren't bird's feathers
made of the same matirial as fur?)
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