Why did zebras evolve stripes? Scientists did an experiment to test a theory that it isn't so much camouflage against big predators such as lions, but as much or more against small ones – that is, biting flies.
One reader asked whether the horses had complained that the stripes made them look fat.
Quote:To reach this conclusion, scientists tested their theory on a group of horses and zebras wearing different kinds of coats. The researchers dressed both horses and zebras in black coats, white coats, and striped zebra coats.
One reader asked whether the horses had complained that the stripes made them look fat.
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"The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that this was some killer weed."
"The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that this was some killer weed."