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Except they used it to deter bloodsucking insects. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/120209-zebra-stripes-horseflies-bugs-akesson-science/ http://new

• nosse 14y ago
  How do you explain okapi and quagga? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga
  • dfc 14y ago
    Explain what?
    • nosse 14y ago
      If stripes are for insects not biting, then how come some species have developed only partial stripes? Would not make sense to get all the flies to concentrate on your non striped body-parts... Against lions this makes perfect sense as having striped backside makes the overall shape harder to grasp.
      • dfc 14y ago
        Its not that I agree with the parent but did you read the linked article? "The results may help explain why zebras' skinniest stripes are on their faces and legs. "That's also the place where you have the thinnest skin," said Åkesson, of Sweden's Lunds University." But as I stated up thread even if this research was definitive it does not preclude the camouflage benefits...
• dfc 14y ago
  Except that is just one study, not definitive and does not preclude multiple benefits.