Flying Squid to interestingasfuck • edit-22 months agoZebra optical illusion (National Geographic photo of the year in 2018)imagemessage-square22arrow-up1438arrow-down19
arrow-up1429arrow-down1imageZebra optical illusion (National Geographic photo of the year in 2018)Flying Squid to interestingasfuck • edit-22 months agomessage-square22
minus-square@jj4211link4•1 month 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@Klearlink1•1 month 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.