Swedish researchers: why has the zebra stripes – Daily News

     
     
     
 

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Why does the zebra black and white stripes? The question has baffled scientists worldwide. Now, it may have been resolved by a Swedish scientist – they reduce the risk of brake grip, writes Vetenskapsradion.

                     
                 

         

             
                 
                 
                 

                     

 

Why has the zebra black and white stripes? The question has baffled scientists worldwide. Now, it may have been resolved by a Swedish scientist – they reduce the risk of brake grip, writes Vetenskapsradion.

The theories of the African animal striped fur have been many, the proposals would include that the stripes would work as camouflage in high grass, help with heat regulation, disturb the visual impression of hunting predators or have a social

function. The Swedish zoo-ecologist Susanne Åkesson’s theory is that the stripes have a deterrent effect against mainly brakes, but also tse-tse flies. Brakes prefer dark spaces in front of bright and definitely not like stripes, writes Vetenskapsradion.

 Now it seems the Swedish theory have prevailed.

 
        
             

     
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 - An American scientist, Tim Caro, has devoted seven years of his life to go through all these hypotheses and the remaining is just the theory that we proposed. And it was exciting to see that there was an unsolved problem since the 1800s, says Susanne Åkesson, Professor of zoo-ecology in Lund to Vetenskapsradion.

 According to Åkesson, it may be more important for the zebras to have protection against insects than the lion as a brake bite can cause deadly diseases.

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