Animals: Zebra stripes were long a mystery — scientists thought…

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Did you know? Zebra stripes were long a mystery — scientists thought of camouflage, social recognition or temperature regulation. The modern consensus (since 2014): tsetse flies cannot land on the striped pattern because their eyes cannot visually process it.

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Zebra stripes were long a mystery — scientists thought of camouflage, social recognition or temperature regulation. The modern consensus (since 2014): tsetse flies cannot land on the striped pattern because their eyes cannot visually process it.

Zebra-strepen waren lang een mysterie — wetenschappers dachten aan camouflage, sociale herkenning of warmte-regulering. De moderne consensus (sinds 2014): tsetse-vliegen kunnen niet op de strepen-patroon landen, omdat hun ogen het visueel niet kunnen verwerken.

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