A new argument against cooling by convective air eddies formed above sunlit zebra stripes. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 There is a long-lasting debate about the possible functions of zebra stripes. According to one hypothesis, periodical convective air eddies form over sunlit zebra stripes which cool the body.
Pereszlényi Á +3 more
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Numerical Assessment of Zebra-Stripes-Based Strategies in Buildings Energy Performance: A Case Study under Tropical Climate. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel), 2022 Urban growth has increased the risk of over-heating both in the microclimate and inside buildings, affecting thermal comfort and energy efficiency. That is why this research aims to evaluate the energy performance of buildings in terms of thermal comfort
Chen Austin M +4 more
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How the zebra got its stripes: a problem with too many solutions [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 The adaptive significance of zebra stripes has thus far eluded understanding. Many explanations have been suggested, including social cohesion, thermoregulation, predation evasion and avoidance of biting flies.
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Sunlit zebra stripes may confuse the thermal perception of blood vessels causing the visual unattractiveness of zebras to horseflies. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Multiple hypotheses have been proposed for possible functions of zebra stripes. The most thoroughly experimentally supported advantage of zebra stripes is their visual unattractiveness to horseflies (tabanids) and tsetse flies.
Takács P +4 more
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Zebra Stripes through the Eyes of Their Predators, Zebras, and Humans. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2016 The century-old idea that stripes make zebras cryptic to large carnivores has never been examined systematically. We evaluated this hypothesis by passing digital images of zebras through species-specific spatial and colour filters to simulate their ...
Melin AD, Kline DW, Hiramatsu C, Caro T.
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Benefits of zebra stripes: Behaviour of tabanid flies around zebras and horses. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Averting attack by biting flies is increasingly regarded as the evolutionary driver of zebra stripes, although the precise mechanism by which stripes ameliorate attack by ectoparasites is unknown.
Caro T +8 more
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Preparation and Performance of Biomimetic Zebra-Striped Wood-Based Photothermal Evaporative Materials. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)An efficient solar water evaporator is an important strategy for addressing the problem of water shortage. Constructing high-performance solar interfacial evaporators through bionic design has become a crucial approach for performance enhancement ...
Zhao Z +5 more
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Zebras of all stripes repel biting flies at close range. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 The best-supported hypothesis for why zebras have stripes is that stripes repel biting flies. While this effect is well-established, the mechanism behind it remains elusive.
Tombak KJ +4 more
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Extra Zebra Stripes Observed by Macao Science Satellite‐1 in the Inner Radiation Belt
Geophysical Research LettersZebra stripes, characterized by periodic banded structures in the energy‐L shell spectra of energetic electrons in the Earth's inner radiation belt, are understood to result from the azimuthal drift of electrons perturbed by prompt electric field ...
Zou Hong, Qiugang Zong
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Zebra stripes, tabanid biting flies and the aperture effect. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2020 How MJ, Gonzales D, Irwin A, Caro T.
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