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Panich52

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Sat Jan 31, 2015, 12:17 PM Jan 2015

Why do zebras have stripes? Temperature counts

One of nature's fascinating questions is how zebras got their stripes. A team of life scientists has found at least part of the answer: The amount and intensity of striping can be best predicted by the temperature of the environment in which zebras live.

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Why do zebras have stripes? Temperature counts (Original Post) Panich52 Jan 2015 OP
Interesting results. Lionel Mandrake Jan 2015 #1
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