Re: why (evolutionarily) are zebras striped?

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From: Andrew Taylor
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 02:29

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In article <1JAN199320283193@utkvx3.utk.edu> ljones@utkvx3.utk.edu (Leslie Lamont Jones) writes:
>This hypothesis may be right or wrong, but it leads to the question
>of how the predator's vision works, which leads to the question of what
>the zebra's main predators are.

Lion and African Hunting Dog take Zebras regularly, Hyenas and Leopards do
so at least occasionally.

>Then again, the stripes could be camouflage, as Crystal suggested.

Not to my eye.

Andrew Taylor

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