Why The Zebra Has Stripes

[Alf]

If you have ever wondered why zebras have stripes, here is a possible answer.

Posted: Tue 5:45 PM, Oct 08, 2019
Updated: Tue 5:48 PM, Oct 08, 2019

(CNN) – It’s probably not a practical solution, but painting cows to look like zebras would protect them from a lot of fly bites.

Japanese researchers took six cows with dark coats and gave them each black-and-white stripes, black stripes and no stripes.

With each paint job (or lack of one), they counted the number of times the cows reacted to fly bites during a 30-minute period.

When painted black and white, the cows suffered nearly 50% fewer bites, researchers found.

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--Al

 

[Old Man Metal]

When painted black and white, the cows suffered nearly 50% fewer bites, researchers found.

They also suffered 150% more asskickings from the other cows.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

Interesting.

 

[hzlb]

Have to keep re reading this and one posted f/ Ghosttruck about Holly, the fat bear .... so i can stop crying about Larkin posted f / Sugar ...... Maybe i should go re-read about what you guys do w/ your penis's, so i can gross out or the titty guy ( that made me laugh )

 

[Sejanus]

They run faster with stripes too!
Vroom, vroom!

 

[Alf]

They run faster with stripes too!
Vroom, vroom!

I never thought about that. When I was a kid, putting stripes on the car was the quickest and cheapest go-fast modification available; in fact, the stripes were even called "go-fast stripes".

--Al