Re: Zebra stripes not for camouflage, new study finds

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Subject	Re: Zebra stripes not for camouflage, new study finds
Date	2016-01-23 22:58 +0000
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reber g=emc^2 <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 12:01:08 PM UTC-8, ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> reber g=emc^2 <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 6:31:09 PM UTC-8, ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> >> reber g=emc^2 <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 11:42:54 AM UTC-8, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> >> >> Zebra stripes not for camouflage, new study finds
>> >> >> > http://phys.org/news/2016-01-zebra-stripes-camouflage.html
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> > If you've always thought of a zebra's stripes as offering some type
>> >> >> > of camouflaging protection against predators, it's time to think
>> >> >> > again, suggest scientists at the University of Calgary and UC Davis.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> > "The results from this new study provide no support at all for the
>> >> >> > idea that the zebra's stripes provide some type of anti-predator
>> >> >> > camouflaging effect," Caro said. "Instead, we reject this
>> >> >> > long-standing hypothesis that was debated by Charles Darwin and
>> >> >> > Alfred Russell Wallace."
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> -- 
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated
>> >> >> to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
>> >> >> community, and physics-related social issues.
>> >> > 
>> >> > When driving through Nevada on a very straight flat road on a hot day in the distance about 6 miles were black wavy lines.It zebras were walking along this horizen no lion could see them.That has to tell me something. Do I believe imperial thinkers or my own eyes? Get the picture TreBert
>> >> 
>> >> To see a horizon 6 miles away, you have to be 24 feet in the air.
>> >> 
>> >> Get the picture?
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> -- 
>> >> Jim Pennino
>> > 
>> > Jim you are a low wit.6 miles does not make a muriage invisable .Keep in mind its wavy lines are off the surface. I know the Earth is not flat,but its big. TreBert
>> 
>> When seated in a van your head is at most feet above the ground.
>> 
>> At 5 feet, the visible horizon is 2.7 miles.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jim Pennino
> 
> I also said "FLAT ROAD" Jim do train tracks go down 24 feet too.?I think a good engineer can create a flat surface.I can. TreBert

No one bothers to try make a road flat; there would be no point to it.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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