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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc8.harvard.edu!mlevin
  2. From: mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu (Michael Levin)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.bio
  4. Subject: why (evolutionarily) are zebras striped?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec31.204015.18922@husc3.harvard.edu>
  6. Date: 1 Jan 93 01:40:14 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Dec31.204015.18922
  8. Distribution: usa
  9. Organization: Harvard University Science Center
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  11. Nntp-Posting-Host: husc8.harvard.edu
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  14.     Does anyone have any ideas why zebras are striped? Surely in the
  15. sense of camouflage, those yellowish african plains call for a
  16. monotone antelope-like color. Why are they striped? Please reply to
  17. mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu. 
  18.  
  19. Mike Levin
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