[ExI] Critter's Dilemma on the African Plain

[Mike Dougherty]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 4:23 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>

No, it was zebra fashionistas who wanted to appear slimmer and therefor less
appetizing.  :)
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