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Zebra stripes and their role in dazzling flies – Mirage News
Amelia Gillard, University of Bristol …
The mystery of why zebras have their characteristic stripes has perplexed researchers for over a century.Over the last decade, Professor Tim Caro at the University of Bristol’s School of Biological Sciences has examined and discredited many popular theories such as their use as camouflage from predators, a cooling mechanism through the formation of convection currents and a role in social interactions.
Stripes acting to confuse predators is another common explanation, but it too is flawed when …
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