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- From: andrewt@watson.ibm.com (Andrew Taylor)
- Subject: Re: why (evolutionarily) are zebras striped?
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- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 16:03:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan3.062417.27240@smds.com> rh@ishmael.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes:
- >Actually they are effective as camouflage, even to your eye -- you just
- >haven't tested the matter.
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- But I have. I found Zebras much easier to detect than monotone antelopes even,
- I think, at large distances. However I'm not a Zebra predator.
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- Andrew Taylor
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