Zebra Stripes

Zebra Stripes
ISBN-10
022641101X
ISBN-13
9780226411019
Category
Science
Pages
318
Language
English
Published
2016-12-05
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Tim Caro

Description

Why do zebras have stripes? Popular explanations range from camouflage to confusion of predators, social facilitation, and even temperature regulation. It is a challenge to test these proposals on large animals living in the wild, but using a combination of careful observations, simple field experiments, comparative information, and logic, Caro concludes that black-and-white stripes are an adaptation to thwart biting fly attack.

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