There has been a debate raging between scientists for decades - why do zebras have stripes? Are they meant to blend with the tall grasses to confuse lions? Are they meant to attract just the right mate? Maybe even some way to regulate body temperature? The real answer came out this week in the journal Nature Communications.
Scientists have finally pitted each possibility against one another and believe they have come up with a definitive answer. The stripes are apparently there to confuse and repel the bloodsucking, parasitic flies that share the zebras' habitat.
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But, are they Black with white stripes, or White with black stripes?
Most scientists agree that a zebra is black with stripes.
There are abnormal colored zebras with dots instead of stripes. These dots appear on a black background, which is only understandable if it is normally a black animal with white stripes.
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