Flying Squid to [email protected] • edit-21 year agoZebra optical illusion (National Geographic photo of the year in 2018)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1442
arrow-up1442imageZebra optical illusion (National Geographic photo of the year in 2018)lemmy.worldFlying Squid to [email protected] • edit-21 year agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•11 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•11 months 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.