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One Zebra or two?
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<blockquote data-quote="Geek" data-source="post: 2204532" data-attributes="member: 246624"><p><img src="http://gregladen.com/secret_folder/Zebra_PilanesbergDSCN0017-0.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>In theory, zebras use their stripes in combination with their herding and flight behavior to confuse predators. The confusion probably makes it harder for the predator (e.g., a lion) to be able to avoid a damaging kick because the stripes make it difficult to tell where one zebra starts and the other ends. </p><p></p><p>Here is a dramatization of how this might work. Or not. </p><p></p><p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/06/one_zebra_or_two.php" target="_blank">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/06/one_zebra_or_two.php#commentsArea" target="_blank">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/etqK_NRhluk" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/etqK_NRhluk/one_zebra_or_two.php" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geek, post: 2204532, member: 246624"] [IMG]http://gregladen.com/secret_folder/Zebra_PilanesbergDSCN0017-0.jpeg[/IMG] In theory, zebras use their stripes in combination with their herding and flight behavior to confuse predators. The confusion probably makes it harder for the predator (e.g., a lion) to be able to avoid a damaging kick because the stripes make it difficult to tell where one zebra starts and the other ends. Here is a dramatization of how this might work. Or not. [URL="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/06/one_zebra_or_two.php"]Read the rest of this post...[/URL] | [URL="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/06/one_zebra_or_two.php#commentsArea"]Read the comments on this post...[/URL][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/etqK_NRhluk[/IMG] [url=http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/etqK_NRhluk/one_zebra_or_two.php]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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