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Article #2681Re: why (evolutionarily) are zebras striped?
From: Keith Robison
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 21:28
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 21:28
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stoesser@i31s17.ira.uka.de (Achim Stoesser) writes: >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 >_____________________________________________________________________ That's unlikely -- many mosquitos use a mammal's body heat and CO2 plume to home in on their target (that's why the @#$$##@@$ things can find you in total darkness). Keith Robison Harvard University Department of Cellular & Developmental Biology Department of Genetics / HHMI robison@biosun.harvard.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!hsdndev!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc.harvard.edu!robison1 From: robison1@husc10.harvard.edu (Keith Robison) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: why (evolutionarily) are zebras striped? Message-ID: <robison1.726010121@husc.harvard.edu> Date: 2 Jan 93 21:28:41 GMT References: <1992Dec31.204015.18922@husc3.harvard.edu> <1i494mINN86i@iraul1.ira.uka.de> Distribution: usa Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: husc10.harvard.edu