Zarco Camo Hunting Clothes - A Breakthrough

Animals have a poor perception of color. They see the world in shades of tan and yellow, as their eyes are sensitive to green and red only. Only the human eye can perceive blue. Zarco's bright blue color can therefore only be seen by humans, whereas animals will see it as black to dark green. Animals can also perceive infra-red light, which humans cannot see or see as black.

The unique designs of Zarco Camo Hunting Clothes contain substances that reflect infra red light, and this changes the black or dark green that the animals sees, into a camouflaged pattern. This blends perfectly with nature and its abundance of infra-red light. Most animals are unable to see fine detail, the size and shape of the patches in the Zarco design are intended to break up the characteristic human profile and contain only sufficient detail to blend with the natural vegetation. Zarco eco-camouflaging is a technological breakthrough that will establish a new safety standard for game rangers, game watches, hikers, farmers and hunters, and anybody else who spends time in the bush.

Zarco Safety Camo Hunting Clothes Camouflage is ALSO visible to color blind hunters. The prevalence of color blindness (dichromatic vision) in the human male population is estimated at around 8%. With millions of hunters in the United States alone, there are a substantial number of hunters who are unable to distinguish red and green from the natural background environment, or see red and green differently from people with normal tri-chromatic vision. Many of these color blind hunters are also unable to recognize colors such as blaze or hunters orange and would perceive them as shades of yellow or tan against the natural background.

Very few men (< 1%) are unable to see the color blue. Therefore, blue would be a logical choice to increase the visibility of the hunters profile to the overall human population. Zarco Safety Camo Hunting Clothes therefore increases hunter visibility to a greater percentage of the hunting population. Where legislation requires the use of Hunters Orange, you can wear this together with Zarco Safety Camouflage, that way you get the best of both worlds and increase your overall visibility against the natural background.

The prevalence of color blindness (dichromatic vision) in the human male population is estimated at around 8%.

The Human Eye

The human eye has three types of cone receptor cells present in the retina which is known as tri-chromatic vision. These cone receptor cells are situated in a small area of the retina known as the fovea and allow us to have highly focussed and exquisite colour vision. Cone receptors function primarily during daylight conditions and therefore we are able to receive and interpret millions of colour signals during the day.

A second type of photoreceptor is present in the human eye which is known as rods. Rods are responsible for detecting the luminosity (brightness) of light and are used primarily during low light conditions. Due to the absence of rods in the fovea, humans generally have no colour vision during night time.

The Animal Eye

In contrast, the animal eye has only two sets of cone receptor cells which are also referred to as dichromatic vision. Due to vast differences in the animal eye structure when compared to the human eye, these cone receptor cells are scattered across the entire retina which spread their daylight vision in all directions with no focus on any particular zone. Also present in the animal eye are rod receptors. These receptors function mainly during low light or night time conditions while the cone receptors function during daylight hours.

The animal eye also has a light reflecting layer situated at the back of the eye which allows its receptors a second chance to absorb light. However, this reflecting layer also causes blurred vision during daytime conditions. The bigger eye with a rectangular aperture forfeits sharpness while trying to compensate for the large amount of incident light.

The cones and rods are connected to neurons which feed visual images to the brain. In the case of animals, large quantities of receptors are connected to the same neurons which increase sensitivity with a loss in high definition colour vision.

Due to these differences in eye structure as well as the different distribution ratios between cones and rods in the human and animal eyes, deer, antelope and buck do not have the same colour acuity as humans do and therefore have very limited colour vision.

Zarco Safety Camo Hunting Clothes was developed by a team of experts involved in the design of advanced military camouflage technologies - resulting in the creation of a patented hunting safety camouflage which increases the visibility of the hunters profile to humans while at the same time remaining inconspicuous to animals such as deer, antelope and buck.

The vision deception technology employed in the camouflage design exploits the differences in the structure and spectral response of the animal eye when compared to the human eye.

BASICS

Animals with dichromatic (color blind) vision such as hoofed animals which include deer, buck and antelope species look at the environment in a completely different way than humans do - therefore we do not have to try and hide away from other humans in the bush but rather maintain a high visible profile to other hunters, thereby increasing overall hunting safety.

Zarco Safety Camo Hunting Clothes' vision deception technology takes care of the rest - the hunter profile is scattered against the natural background ensuring that the hunter continue to enjoy a competitive advantage.