Flying Squid@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agoZebra optical illusion (National Geographic photo of the year in 2018)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1439arrow-down10
arrow-up1439arrow-down1imageZebra optical illusion (National Geographic photo of the year in 2018)lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI think the point is that while this photograph kind of works (from above, at a distance), generally from ground level it doesn’t. So if it only works from above, then is it really useful as a camouflage? In fact, a 2016 study concludes that the camouflage hypothesis doesn’t seem to carry weight: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/zebra-stripes-not-camouflage-new-study-finds
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago…and there was a study showing that horses wearing a striped pattern cover had fewer flies land on them.
I think the point is that while this photograph kind of works (from above, at a distance), generally from ground level it doesn’t. So if it only works from above, then is it really useful as a camouflage?
In fact, a 2016 study concludes that the camouflage hypothesis doesn’t seem to carry weight: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/zebra-stripes-not-camouflage-new-study-finds
…and there was a study showing that horses wearing a striped pattern cover had fewer flies land on them.