[ExI] Critter's Dilemma on the African Plain

[BillK]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Jef Allbright wrote:
> I'm puzzled by why male zebras' stripes are black on white, while
> females are white on black...
>

:)

The interesting point is why are the stripes black and white?
Their environment is the brown - green plains of Africa.

The answer is that their main predator, the lion, is color-blind.
But who told the zebras !!??
Was there an early zebra scientist doing dangerous color tests on lions?


BillK