2007-06-17 18:35:41 · 14 answers · asked by ms bentley 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
three-toed sloths; mice
2007-06-17 18:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by Splishy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THERE ARE in fact green mammals: the two-toed sloth and three-toed sloth ( Choloepus and Bradypus ). However, these are not truly green, but have specially adapted grooves in the hairs of their fur to which cling a blue-green algae ( cyanophyta ). The algae give the over-all appearance of green fur. As students of behavioural ecology, we cannot envisage an adaptive reason for the lack of green mammals. We would like to suggest a physiological constraint on the pigmentation of mammalian hair.
2007-06-18 06:59:11 · answer #2 · answered by laura h 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sloth. Sloths, found in the rainforests of South America, move very slowly, and they develop algal growths on their fur. They benefit from this because it camouflages them against the green foliage in the arboreal areas they inhabit.
2007-06-18 02:49:14 · answer #3 · answered by Bernonix™ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Punk Weasel?
2007-06-18 05:17:17 · answer #4 · answered by Pat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you look at the chemical formula and structure of chlorophyll you will see why they cannot exist in the same organism. One is for making and the other is for using the energy of life called reverse energy.
2007-06-18 03:04:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember seeing an article about green pigs. Don't remember where or when.
2007-06-18 01:40:09 · answer #6 · answered by lilabner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could have come from the planet Mars.
2007-06-21 09:35:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is the same question with a good answer that I gave a long time ago...
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ase15LhOuIzlG7_xE_6ujyVJBgx.?qid=20061101130928AA1snVM
2007-06-18 02:00:27 · answer #8 · answered by Funky Little Spacegirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
African yellow-winged bat has gren hair
2007-06-18 01:57:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Radioactive rats. No seriously, radioactive rats!
or
T.M.N.T ? or would they be reptiles?
2007-06-18 02:02:04 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋