Why Do Zebras Have Stripes?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- The Zebra is one of the most recognizable animals on the planet. All thanks to his destinctive black and white striped coat. But what what purpose does it have? That is something that researchers have long struggled to explain. Only in recent years, answers have been found.
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No they are prisoner horse
lmao wtf
+SmartSmith old prison uniforms were black and white striped
@@ethangellman4563 yes, correct; and now they are orange.
Land grass
Nope they are what I like to call short eared striped angry Oreo Donkeys
Why don't we just ask the zebras?
Tha will answer us"Hutt hutt hutt hutt!"
We would not be able to translate there awnser
@@idiotgoddess2114 You are very dumb to think a Zebra would speak english to even understand what we're saying, let alone know what language is.
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I was under the impression that Lions and other predators of zebras were at least partially colour blind. I assumed that the blades of savannah grass appeared in black and white to them making the Zebra's stripes adequate camouflage. It would be hard for a lion to tell the difference between a zebra and leopard's coat for instance. Since horses were already in shades of black and white I thought it made sense. But then again, the temperature thing makes a lot of sense.
The Trombus this belief comes from old knowledge, yet not actual evidence . We used to believe most animals saw only in black and white , but now we know that most animals can see color . Why else would birds be so colorful ?? Zebra stripes are still being investigated .
Jose Leon I know animals can see in colour, but most mammals can make out a narrower range of colours than humans can. After doing some research I found out that Cats (lions and leopards being the comparison) see shades of red and orange as green and purple as blue. The colours they do see are typically in dull shades as well. I was incorrect in saying that they can't distinguish black and white from brown, my apologies.
However, I'd like to propose a new theory. When cats (and other animals) see at night, it is believed that they can't make out many colours at all due to the low light, seeing in black, white, and grey. So, what if the zebra's camouflage is more effective at protecting it from nocturnal predators at night when the zebra's asleep? I'm not saying this would be the only reason for the stripes but it could be a contributing factor. I've seen videos of lions attacking buffalos and even elephants at night, but never zebras, they seem to be reserved for hunting in the day.
This is purely conjecture though, there's no real evidence or research to back up what I'm saying.
The Trombus But it makes a lot of sense lol. I like your insights.
I'm not sure if lions have the same kind of cone cells as domestic cats, but if they are, they can distinguish blue and yellow. Red and green is missing. They can see brightness and contrast well, and they can see movement very well. Zebras, with their strong black and strong white pattern, have very high color/brightness contrast against the yellow background of the grass field. The cats would see bright white and dark black on dull yellow. They are not blending in even considering the missing color vision of the predators.
There was a type of zebra in South Africa called the kwagga that became extinct not too long ago. It was half zebra half horse. Sad.
There was a successful attempt to bring them back. They are not real quaggas but they look like them ;)
I. So it wasn't a successful attempt.
It would be cool to bring back actual quaggas.
WildJoker quagga*
WildJoker
They didn't want to clone them back with original DNA but they were breeding zebras with quagga fur. So they achieved their goal even though real quaggas still don't exist ;)
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"Riddle Finally Solved" except it isn't....
Lucious was thinking the same thing, all I heard were theories.
5:03
@@haddenja *Hypothesies
I was told that the purpose of zebra stripes blur the edges of an individual, making it difficult to single out a target. Though one stallion's harem consists of only a few mares, several harems will gather to form a large herd. The combined size of the herd and the complex coat patterns makes identifying a single zebra harder for a predators if they remain close.
This was already said in another person's reply to a comment but I'll repeat what they said here too: tagged zebras are predated upon by lions and other predators far more commonly, most likely since the lions can more easily single them out of a herd.
Daphne Opyc On chasing,the herds break and weaker ones can be singled out. Zebras are not that tough to catch...
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I had a good friend with the same kind of voice. Hans Gruuber. Dude died when he fell off the Nakatomi Plaza. Ha-Ha!
I always thought it was because it breaks the shape of the animals up and makes it harder for predators to discern individual animals; particularly because they're often standing in a big crowd.
Lion When it sees a zebra:
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that lion sounds
like an idiot.
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So they look great in black and white photos.
5:47 It's because the black and white stripes are both polarized and not at the same time, but in different areas of the body (polarized wherever there's black and unpolarized wherever there's white).
My great grandpappy Bacilli Bertram told me that we're descended from horse mimes. Don't know if that helps.
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Julian Frederik Clausen
i guess ya didn't ask fer
the answer then. lawl
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i think there was a hypothesis that says the stripes help the zebras to blend in with each other hence making it harder fro a lion to remain focused on any particular one.
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The stripes do help zebra foals to imprint on and recognize their mothers, or so I've been told by zebra documentaries (though that could have just been a hypothesis). But if true, there's no reason to think it wouldn't help adults also identify each other.
Well if dark colours reflect polarized light and dark could don't, that would mean the environment would reflect both as well. Maybe due too the rapid change of the types of light emitted by the zebra confuses flies so they are less likely to have them land on them
It's simply adaptive evolution to lose individual in a group! Every predator picks out a individual most likely to be vulnerable, it's confusing to predators!
Obviously it's not perfect, yet it works, or they would be all over!
I love how ppl who believe in evolution run in circles while science changes every other day-God is just amused at zebra's stripes...and ppl who thinking themselves wise become fools
Science changes every day, it’s simply how humanity sees things around it, which is why people who worship it as a god aren’t that bright.
I just thought of this right when I clicked on the video and saw the lion but is it to confuse predators so they can’t pick off one zebra in a heard because the strips confuse them
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Wait don’t animals see in black and white? Therefore making the camouflage theory plausible?
The type of camouflage is called razzle dazzle i think it may play a part
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If you are Equid standing amongst your fellow Equus on the African savannah and the color pattern of your hide repels biting insects, any increases in distraction- free time increases your ability to detect predators. Time not spent lashing at insects with the tail, biting, or rubbing itchy lesions = valuable time given over to the potential detection of predators that view you as dinner. This translates into colour pattern selectivity over the long term.
And while pointing out the value of a moving mass of stripes through the eyes of a large attacking predator, some data would be quite useful regarding predator attempt-and-failure rates, with attention directed to percentages of successful kicking defense for individuals moving with the herd under attack. This data could be correlated with data recorded on wildebeest under similar conditions -- rendering a tentative overview regarding colour patterns, positive feedback, and adaptation.
Maybe they're stripes are there to confuse predators, since it makes it hard to single out a zebra because of all the other zebra stripes
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Just noticed but it looks a lot like the Dazzle camo for ww1 boats. Plus they are in a mob.
I like the animation!!
I thought that they have stripes cause lions dont see a lot of colours, they mostly see the world in black and white shades, and that allows the zebras to blend into the savannah grass
Cats can see at least blues and yellows, -
it's a narrower range than humans but it's not black and white. Plus zebra coats are very high contrast, making them pretty noticeable.
So Zebras have a harder time digesting their food. So do pandas. Maybe the black and white markings are associated with inefficient digestive traits. I know. Not likely. Just a random observation really.
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Kari possibly. Coloring seems to have correlation with other traits in animals. For instance foxes bread to be friendly actually turn black and white as a side effect, and many of our domestic animals are black and white. There is no hard proof for this, just something scientists are looking into.
@@willw5868 that's really cool! I didn't know that. Thanks for that info.
@@kari7403 Heres an article about it: www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160912-a-soviet-scientist-created-the-only-tame-foxes-in-the-world apparently the foxes also got floppy ears (like dogs) and curly tails when they were bread to be domestic.
The old razzle dazzle
I love that intro music
So do Zebras from hotter regions have more stripes than Zebras from cooler regions? That would support these 2 theories.
I always thought it was because its harder to single out one of them when in a herd lions get confused and don't know were to attack. Because all they see is a wall of stripes moving around. so instead of getting a bunch of the zebras they only get the sick or old ones that lag behind.
linos are colorblind, zebras are hard to get selected in a group. they can't tell when a zeebra starts and ends. that's how i understand it
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They have stripes so that when they run in groups it confuses their predators, them all running in different directions and having stripes, it gets pretty confusing.
My question is, why is there hunger in the country with the largest animals?
Could it also be that zebras evolved in different environments and migrated to these areas? Or could it be the environment has changed? Maybe there used to be some extinct flora that has died off due to climate changes and the zebras used to blend better?
Emm, what is the music on the background on these older ones? Anyone know?
Now I know how avoid mosquito bites: wear stripes.
Thanks for this. 👍
I enjoy watching your content, but please do refine your German accent with your English, or provide captions! It's difficult to understand what you're saying!
Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?
Black with white stripes.
The stripes can confuse lion,cheetah and hyena but not the crocodiles😂😂
you know how the traits and attributes of successful species often have multiple purposes, fly's as a health risk and temperature as a veritable seams like enough to me.
I'm more intested in why zebra's exist
Are they just prey for preditors? or do they have a role?
Since they move in packs they would want to confuse the prey on which to kill and eat
Interesting and good video, but the title is the exact opposite of the videos conclusion, there are many candidate theories but no definitive solutions to the riddle of zebra stripes. Very misleading : )
4:59 nightmare fuel
This is where a famous man once said, why not both?
Riddle solved my ass lol
Little tornadoes on a zebra
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Don't they also band together in herds so when there's a predator, they run in circles around it, and it cannon find an individual to strike? Something like that?
As far as I know, this theory is outdated. It makes a lot of sense when you watch a documentary which are usually shot from far away and from an elevated level. A lion, however, would lay in the grass only 20-30m away. from there it shouldn't be that hard to pick out a single zebra on the edge of the herd, especially when they all start running away in more or less different directions.
Some fish swarms do the same...
How about the one where stripes make it harder to locate the neck for the lions?
Facts in Motion they have done experiments were they tag a single zebra and it gets mauled immediately.
This just in: the stripes confuse biting insects and reduce biting by 25%.
Me: I thought the stripes were temperature control?
*Watches video*
Me:😁
3:14 fist i thinked the lion haved two heads😂
Wouldn't it be a mystery not a riddle
good video, bad clickbait title.
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Can anyone help me.... please write that what he said.
i think it could be to blend in with each other and not the backgrounds, idk just a theory
I thought it was cause they keep eating salt ya know when they travel almost along way, trying to survive getting eaten by predators like alligators since they cross rivers to reach a certain place that produces the salt that they need or is it a different animal?
Its because of oscillatory rxn..
Because they look coooooooooooooool.
Because they're in a prison jumpsuit.
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I think the true question is, why do stripes have Zebras?
After 6 mins still you ddnt tell us why
And the giraffe :T (that’s AutoCorrect so idk if that’s Right)
"Finally Solved"
Not really it's been known for a while...
4:59 WHAT THE #^#$!?
So it hasn't been solved?
Why do Zebras have stripes?
We still don’t know. It could be any of these answers.
Baboon has red bottoms
Vedios of stuff
get within an arm's length
and you'll have one too.
0:17 and the more intelligent creatures
X:doubt
effrecah 😬😬😬
please have a link to skip to the 100% answer i dont have that mch atttention span
Genesis 1:25-27 New King James Version (NKJV)
25 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over [a]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
John 3:16
notice the remnants of polytheism.
'let _us'_
_'our_ image'
_'our_ likeness'
your cult is *still* in transition.
y'know, if you actually read your bible...
you'd be an advocate for racism, slavery,
misogyny, homophobia and murder en
masse.
Cool!
THEY ARE BLACK WITH WHITE STRIPES DUUUUUH
I’m gonna go kick a puppy now
Zebra are bastards. Also we're top chicken.
Clickbait.
We do we not ride zebras?
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I knew why they had stripes
The zebra disintegrating from a fly bite was pretty intense
Nature is pretty intense.
I feel bad for laughing at that part.
The zebra was obviously a wild horse that evolved to better fit the deserts heat. It’s a skin pigmentation disorder.
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Evolution is still a lie. But you can be told what to think, if that's your desire
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