Some people say bulls do charge at red-but others say its nonsense-which is true?
2007-11-09 22:15:48 · 8 answers · asked by Georgina C 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Yes Peter K is right. Bulls are colour blind but there are colours they cant see or don't notice such as white.. They charge at anything that moves.
2007-11-09 22:25:16 · answer #1 · answered by Pacito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you believe that bulls are colorblind? Well, they are. The bulls that are used in Bullfighting are bred very carefully to be very aggressive (that means that they get angry pretty easily). When they are three years old, they are put through some tests to see how aggressive they are, and the most aggressive bulls are brought to the bullfight. When they see the matador waving his cloth (remember that they are colorblind, so they only see a dark grey cloth), they charge at it! Also, in the beginning of the bullfight, the matador stabs the bull in the back of it's neck with swords. This makes the bull especially angry, but the matador does that so the bull can't lift it's head (the swords cut the muscles that lift the bulls head).
A red cloth is used for a couple of reasons- it's pretty for the people to see, and if any blood gets on it, it is hard to see. If you ever watch a bullfight, you'll see that the other side of the cloth is yellow. This is just to make it more decorative. The bull will also charge this side of the cloth.
So the reason bulls go after red cloth is not because it's red, but because they think it's teasing them.
2007-11-09 22:26:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The myth was busted on myth busters ... the bull charged at any color...
Although, interestingly enough.. in a small corral with shelves of china.. 2 bulls were able to run through for 15 minutes breaking almost nothing.. (okay, so not part of your question.. but that was one of the funniest myth busts I've watched..)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQvJPr8THlw
2007-11-09 23:39:07 · answer #3 · answered by kaijawitch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don't can charge the cape reason for it is shade. They can charge reason for the circulate of the cape. it must be yellow and that they could nonetheless charga as long by means of fact the bull sees circulate
2016-12-16 04:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep they chare at the movement of the cape not the color..the reason the cape is red is so that blood stain will be less noticeable
2007-11-09 22:27:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bulls are color blind. They rush at the waving cloth, not the color.
2007-11-09 22:19:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Georgina there colourblind ! :P they charge at anything
2007-11-11 08:57:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they dont bull are colour blind.
2007-11-10 05:55:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋