Is it true that bulls are attracted to red or are they colour blind??
2007-07-10 10:33:11 · 9 answers · asked by fizzymoon 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Bulls are indeed colorblind. To a bull's eye, a red cape is a gray cape. The red cape, which inspired the phrase "seeing red," is purely a theatrical tradition.
However, to a bull bred exclusively for aggressiveness, that flapping cape can prove very irritating. As this post from the Washington University Medical School astutely notes, animals bred for bullfighting are tested around the age of three for aggressiveness before they go into the ring. The orneriest ones make the cut.
It's also worth pointing out that the animal in question has already been stabbed several times at the base of the neck. This happens early in the bullfight, and is performed by a gentleman known as a "picador."
And as we discovered on the Bullfighting FAQ, two kinds of capes are used in bullfighting. The capote is a large, flowing cape which is magenta and yellow. The muleta, a smaller red cape, is used exclusively by the matador for the faena, or the final, fatal segment of the bullfight.
2007-07-10 12:34:00 · answer #1 · answered by CBlackfire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bulls that are used in the bull fights are aggravated and poked and prodded until they are in a rage when they are let into the arena. so any large thing that moves is the object of their rage. the "fight " usually ends in death for the bull. VeRY INHUMANE
If you just happen upon a bull in a field he may take you as a threat to his cows. and if its a bull field they are all very competitive and worked up already. so any interloper regardless of clothing color may get charged.
2007-07-10 11:10:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bulls are colorbllind. It is rather large objects and movement that get their attentions. By the way, dogs see in shades of gray. And rattlesnakes are completeyl deaf.
2007-07-10 10:43:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that they are color blind and that the red blanket or whatever it's called is just for show.
2007-07-10 10:38:56 · answer #4 · answered by KU! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it true that bull get piss when they see the color red and no body knows y!
2007-07-10 11:27:01 · answer #5 · answered by Morgan S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not really sure but i was told its like a beta fish thing. they attack bright colors. red is just the one the person chose
2007-07-10 12:26:25 · answer #6 · answered by Love Lust Life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bulls are attracted to the motion that the matador makes with the cape. It's not the color but I dunno if they are color blind. Google is doing me no good. lol
2007-07-10 10:42:27 · answer #7 · answered by ♫Ms Anthropy♫ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Myth, Mythbusters busted the red color thing.And I don't know if they are color blind.
2007-07-10 10:41:12 · answer #8 · answered by jadeaaustin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The are color blind but the color red does seem to invoke something in the bulls to charge the color red.................. But then again I would not wave any color in front of a bull. For that bull could be charging anything that is waved in front of it..................................................................................................
2007-07-10 11:27:34 · answer #9 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋