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Zebras used it even before that. Practically all camouflage ideas can be found from nature.

• ayu 15y ago
  Except they used it to deter bloodsucking insects. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/120209-zebra-stripes-horseflies-bugs-akesson-science/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/120209-zebra-st...
  • nosse 15y ago
    How do you explain okapi and quagga? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga
    • dfc 15y ago
      Explain what?
      • nosse 15y ago
        If stripes are for insects not biting, then how come some species have developed only partial stripes? Would not make sense to get all the flies to concentrate on your non striped body-parts... Against lions this makes perfect sense as having striped backside makes the overall shape harder to grasp.
        • dfc 15y ago
          Its not that I agree with the parent but did you read the linked article? "The results may help explain why zebras' skinniest stripes are on their faces and legs. "That's also the place where you have the thinnest skin," said Åkesson, of Sweden's Lunds University." But as I stated up thread even if this research was definitive it does not preclude the camouflage benefits...
  • dfc 15y ago
    Except that is just one study, not definitive and does not preclude multiple benefits.