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Re:Zebras’ stripes discourage biting flies from landing by outworlder on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @09:09PM (#19213948)
Are flies killing (non-striped) zebras? Or would they make them infertile? Attract predators?

Flies would be messing with the zebras ability to pass on their genes in some for for this trait to be selected for.

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Re:Zebras’ stripes discourage biting flies from landing by samatman on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @09:59PM (#19214146)
tsetse flies are bad news, so, probably yes.
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