Why do zebras have stripes? They make bad landing strips for flies

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 15:40 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Scientists are providing new evidence to answer the longstanding question about why zebras have stripes. It appears stripes make terrible landing strips, bamboozling the fierce blood-sucking flies that try to feast on zebras and carry deadly diseases.

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