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Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? To Create Optical Illusions

Source: Popular Science

Humans aren’t the only ones fooled by optical illusions. Learn how the zebra’s black and white stripes protect it by confusing the vision of predators large and small.

This entry was posted in How We See Things and tagged Science & Nature on June 2, 2014 by admin.

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