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PARIS: Contrary to popular opinion, stripes do not help zebras evade predators and in fact, the distinctive pattern may make the animals easier, rather than harder, to catch, according to a new study.
The research suggests that stripes may not offer the ‘motion dazzle’ protection thought to have evolved in animals such as zebra and used as ship camouflage during both World Wars.
In the study, humans playing a computer game captured striped targets more easily than uniform grey targets when multiple targets were present. The finding runs counter to assumptions that stripes evolved to make it difficult to capture animals moving in a group, such as zebra.
