8 years ago
Form over function, zebra stripes not for camouflage
For decades, scientists have been trying to explain zebra stripes. Most believe the stripes serve the purpose of camouflage, but scientists at the University of California, Davis say we've been studying zebras and their iconic black and white coats with the wrong set of eyes -- human eyes. Zebras generally aren't worried about avoiding humans. They're concerned with lions, tigers, cheetahs and other big cats. So biologists from the United States and Canada assumed...
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