Tolerance.ca
Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.
Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Study: Zebra Stripes Not Camouflage

It has long been thought a zebra’s distinctive black and white striping serves as camouflage from predators, but a new study finds that is not the case. Writing in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers from the University of California Davis and the University of Calgary say they calculated how a zebra’s stripes would appear to lions, spotted hyenas and other zebras when viewed in varying levels of light. "The most longstanding hypothesis for zebra striping is crypsis, or...


Read complete article

© Voice of America -
Subscribe to Tolerance.ca


Follow us on ...
Facebook Twitter