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  1. 16th March 2023, 08:18 PM #2501
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    To confuse the focus of predators.
    Not my idea, and I'm sure I read the reason on this site 2 or 3 years ago.

    The B&W skin stripes are an evolutionary heat management thing for zebra.

    The stark colour contrast creates many small air vortices in sunlight all over their bodies that draws heat away from the flesh.

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    simple image of the Firth of Forth bridge engineering:

    FoF.pdf

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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    Like me when my wife calls me "Ronald".
    Jan could make "John" sound like a life sentence. Without parole.
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    Stupid football.

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    We'll see just how enlightened you are tomorrow night... 1892? Pshaw... 1859 mate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redtail View Post
    Second fail: Dorothea.

    Speaking of trivia and oubii - also a common fail - few people can correctly quote the first line or verse.
    It's not "I love a sunburnt country".
    On trivia involving the name Dorothea, in the TV show "Endeavour" the actor who played Morse, John Thaw's daughter Abigail Thaw appears in every episode IIRC, as the journalist Dorothea Frazil.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Redtail View Post
    It's not "I love a sunburnt country".
    Poetic licence....
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    Quote Originally Posted by 350RRC View Post
    And why have zebras evolved to have black and white stripes?
    Some are black with white stripes, others are white with black stripes.
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    The okapi, a member of the giraffe family..
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    Stripes must have a purpose.

    ring-tailed-lemur-long-tail.jpg
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    Anyone remember striped toothpaste? Maybe they need to apply this genius to insect repellent.
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