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    Zebra stripes don't "cool down."

    • Last Update: 2021-03-11
    • Source: Internet
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    previous studies have suggested that stripes on zebras can create tiny airflows on the surface of their skin that make them feel cool. However, a
    published in the British Journal of Technology suggests that these stripes, while cool, do not help zebras "cool down".
    researchers at the University of Roland in Hungary and Lund University in Sweden used several metal buckets filled with water to cover the buckets with black, white and grey horse skins, cowhide and striped zebra fur. During the four-month follow-up study, the researchers placed the buckets in an open environment and continuously monitored the center's temperature.
    compared the temperature distribution of these buckets with active zebras. It was found that the temperature characteristics of metal barrels covered with zebra fur were consistent with zebras under the same sun exposure conditions.
    researchers also found that the temperature of the metal barrel covered by white cowhide was the lowest, the temperature of the metal barrel covered by black horse skin was the highest, the temperature of the center of the metal barrel covered by gray horse skin and zebra fur was not much different, and the temperature of the metal barrel covered by zebra fur did not decrease. The researchers believe this suggests that zebra stripes do not help cool down.
    the ability of zebra stripes has been the focus of academic attention. There had been speculation that they could interfere with predators, but the exact mechanism has not been clear. There is also a view that these stripes are zebras distinguish each other's "ID card" and so on. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
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