I noticed while out this morning that animals (cows, sheep, deer, rabbits) don’t run away so quickly when I’m naked.

Has anyone else observed this or am I imagining things lol

I have thought so as well, but I've no definitive proof.

Deer and other such wildlife don't hang around any longer when you're naked! It's comforting when they run because you know you're the only one in the vacinity.

I came across a snail on a naked ramble last week - assume it wasn't bothered as it didn't really move much. ;D

very occasionally i come across a deer in the woods, i does seem theyre unsure of what theyre seeing.    ive wondered whether its the lack of any bright coloured clothing , perhaps the lack of fabric conditioner wafting on the breeze, or maybe just because im alone im not talking .  or maybe its imagination.

I suspect that animals can ‘see’ textures and perceive clothing as a greater threat than skin.

I heard that the armed forces used to use colour-blind men to spot camouflage as they could differentiate between materials which to non-colour-blond men looked the same.

It would be interesting if there’s any research been done about this.

I have noticed that whilst sitting naked on the patio birds seem to be more prepared to ignore me and use the feeder freely as opposed when I am clothed.

I have noticed that whilst sitting naked on the patio birds seem to be more prepared to ignore me and use the feeder freely as opposed when I am clothed.

I noticed that too! but then I realised that more often than not I only sit on the patio when the weather is warm and under those circumstances, I am naked anyway.

I have definitely noticed this with roe deer. I have got within just a few metres of them, and they have not looked alarmed. No idea whether this is a visual or smell thing, or combination.

Well, I’ve done some googling and discovered that “Even though deer have less than half the number of cones in the eye as humans, deer can still distinguish among different colors. During low-light conditions, deer are likely more sensitive to the blue to blue-green portion of the spectrum (due to the high rod density). Studies indicate that deer are less sensitive to light of long wavelengths (orange and red) and rely upon their perception of only 2 colors – yellow and blue.”

This may explain why deer are less concerned about a naked person with skin that’s close to orange/red than someone wearing blue/green/yellow clothing.

https://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2015/the-eyes-have-it

Sheep seem less concerned too (insert joke here)

very intresting about what deers see got close to a pair of roe deer the other day when walking naked they did not seam to notice.i think it was my movement that send them off or smell out of the wind in a valley you always get a lot closer than in the open .always good to see as you know no one but you are about

I heard that the armed forces used to use colour-blind men to spot camouflage as they could differentiate between materials which to non-colour-blind men looked the same.

I am colourblind.

The material that the camouflage is made of is... um... immaterial. It's all about the colours, and how much the shapes underneath show through camouflage, depending on whose eyes are trying to see through it.

Although there are lots of accounts of colourblind people being used for this purpose in various wars, if you Google it, it all seems mostly anecdotal, with little actual evidence or details of research. I have to say that a lot of the stuff you read about colourblindness on the internet (especially the miracle 'cures') is nonsense.

However, to cut a long story short (and to avoid going too far off-topic), I think colourblind people would have an advantage when it comes to camouflage, so I'm sure it has happened.

But don't ask me how this relates to nakedness in nature. I doubt an animal like a deer could have survived evolution if it wasn't able to spot a naked man that was trying to kill it, particularly as, for the vast majority of the time involved, all men were naked.

One summer I walked and wild-camped from Blair Atholl, up Glen Tilt, across the plateau to the River Dee and then up Lairig Ghru to Rothiemurchus and Aviemore. Apart from naked cooking and eating on both my overnight camps I also walked naked some of the time. I should add that it was June and gloriously warm and sunny. I'm not sure what the soaring eagles with their keen eyesight made of this naked figure but I certainly didn't scare them away. On my final morning I set off naked at 6am up Lairig Ghru. About 1km short of the Pools of Dee I spotted a stag about 50 metres off the track. He watched me and I watched him but he didn't move or run away. Maybe he was just laughing at me!

The Lairig Ghru,  a wonderful walk.  I love that place.  I have walked naked there on my second walk and walk naked along Jocks Road too.