[Reeses]

Black must offer a camouflage advantage for a night time hunter. I sort of wonder if this advantage also applies to African people, if the black skin color had more to do with a camouflage advantage than it did with a sun tan advantage. Brown eggs are brown for better camouflage. Really in Africa being black in the noon time sun is no advantage at all. Are white people white to blend in better with snow? It's clear polar bears are white for that reason.

[SelmaLee]

Yes, the black fur makes an excellent camouflage. Just ask any member of my family, after they have tripped over 17+ pounds of Huey during the night. He specializes in tripping folks in the hall, on the way to the bathroom.

[packrat35]

My Russian Blue I think had the best color for night or day time hunting. Her fur didn’t reflect light and was still dark enough. I could tell she had no problems due tio the large selection of dead anmails she would leave on my doorstep.

“Momma Cat” died 2007, victim of free trade with China AKA Menu foods.

[curmudgeonII]

Black must offer a camouflage advantage for a night time hunter. I sort of wonder if this advantage also applies to African people, if the black skin color had more to do with a camouflage advantage than it did with a sun tan advantage. Brown eggs are brown for better camouflage. Really in Africa being black in the noon time sun is no advantage at all. Are white people white to blend in better with snow? It's clear polar bears are white for that reason

There's a major advantage for those living in Africa to be black. Black skin forms a pretty effective barrier in preventing overdosage of UV which would form excessive amounts of vitamin D. Too much vitamin D is as bad, or worse, than not enough vitamin D - resulting in bone malformation among other things.

[Grut]

Are white people white to blend in better with snow?

Dunno. How much pink snow do they have in your part of the world?

[TigersEye]

Actually polar bears are black. Their skin that is. Their fur isn’t really white either. The individual hairs are translucent hollow tubes. Hollow to trap air for insulation and translucent to allow the maximum amount of light to penetrate to their black skin so it can soak up as much warmth as possible from the weak arctic sunlight.