How did the Zebra get its stripes?

ENN
Jan 30, 2015, 8:28 am27 pts
One of nature’s fascinating questions is how zebras got their stripes.A team of life scientists led by UCLA’s Brenda Larison has found at least part of the answer: The amount and intensity of striping can be best predicted by the temperature of the environment in which zebras live.In the January cover…

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