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Article #2678Re: why (evolutionarily) are zebras striped?
From: Achim Stoesser
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 14:33
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 14:33
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In article <1992Dec31.204015.18922@husc3.harvard.edu>, mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu (Michael Levin) writes: |> |> Does anyone have any ideas why zebras are striped? Surely in the |> sense of camouflage, those yellowish african plains call for a |> monotone antelope-like color. Why are they striped? Please reply to |> mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu. I've heard that it is camouflage. But they don't hide from their predators but from insects (mosquitos?) that carry a disease (malaria?). Achim _____________________________________________________________________ I'm an anarchist, atheist, pacifist, and vegetarian. This does _not_ mean that I'd bomb kings, worship Satan, let soldiers bleed to death, or eat fish.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!uka!i31s17!stoesser From: stoesser@i31s17.ira.uka.de (Achim Stoesser) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: why (evolutionarily) are zebras striped? Date: 2 Jan 1993 14:33:58 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG Lines: 16 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <1i494mINN86i@iraul1.ira.uka.de> References: <1992Dec31.204015.18922@husc3.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: i31s17.ira.uka.de