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- From: stoesser@i31s17.ira.uka.de (Achim Stoesser)
- Newsgroups: sci.bio
- Subject: Re: why (evolutionarily) are zebras striped?
- Date: 2 Jan 1993 14:33:58 GMT
- Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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- References: <1992Dec31.204015.18922@husc3.harvard.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec31.204015.18922@husc3.harvard.edu>, mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu (Michael Levin) writes:
- |>
- |> Does anyone have any ideas why zebras are striped? Surely in the
- |> sense of camouflage, those yellowish african plains call for a
- |> monotone antelope-like color. Why are they striped? Please reply to
- |> mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu.
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- I've heard that it is camouflage. But they don't hide from their predators
- but from insects (mosquitos?) that carry a disease (malaria?).
-
- Achim
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