[ExI] Critter's Dilemma on the African Plain

[spike]

> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of 
> The Avantguardian
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> Subject: [ExI] Critter's Dilemma on the African Plain
> 
> They say a picture is worth a thousand words so I have 
> compiled some wild life videos from Africa that I think 
> beautifully illustrate Critter's Dilemma in action...
> Stuart LaForge


Excellent Avant, thanks!  

I took my son to a wild animal park and noticed something puzzling.  The
zebra's stripes are vertical on his torso but horizontal on his legs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra


The same sort of stripe pattern is seen on the tiger.  The tiger at the zoo
had was even more striking in this characteristic than this wiki photo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger  

These two beasts are very far removed from a common ancestor, but this
stripe orientation is seen in both.  I thought it was cool as all hell. {8-]

spike