Friday, 16 January 2015

Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? New Study Makes Temperature Connection

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A leopard may not be able to change its spots, but some zebras change their stripes. Zebras in warmer places have more stripes, a new study shows, which might help answer an age-old question: Why stripes?

The answer probably comes down to keeping zebras cool and fending off disease-causing insects that are more common in hotter climates, researchers reported in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

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