bears that live in snowy environments are white, so why are bears that live in forests brown or black?
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Partly because camo matters a lot more in the open plains and ice fields of the arctic than it does in dense jungle foliage. In a jungle, you’re hidden by vines and leaves and tree trunks much more than you’re hidden by your coloration.
That said, some jungle animals, like jaguars, *do* have camouflage, but it isn’t green. Instead, it’s usually a mottled pattern of dark and light spots that mimics the patchy distribution of sunlight that reaches the floor of a dense forest. The main visual pattern of a jungle is light and shadow, not one solid color; a jungle floor has various shades of green and brown. Try to find a solid color that blends in with [this image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest#/media/File:Forest_in_the_bluemountains.jpg), for example.
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