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  • Why aren’t there mammals in super-vivid colors like there are birds and bugs?

    May 17, 2021 10:00 am by GizmodoIllinois in the News
    compaosite image of several animals in shades of brown, gray and black. Graphic: Elena Scotti (Photos: Shutterstock, Getty Images)

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    • compaosite image of several animals in shades of brown, gray and black. Graphic: Elena Scotti (Photos: Shutterstock, Getty Images)

    Gizmodo (May 17) There are, says Illinois Professor Mark Hauber. 'These vary from the blue-red-yellow facial and anal regions of male mandrills to...the deep orange pelage of the golden lion tamarins and the algal-green fur of long-lived sloths.'