Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large carnivores

Re:Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large c... by heleninboodler on Monday August 17, 2020 @04:26PM (#24191622)

Now I'm laughing at the idea that this was the purpose behind the WW2-era fake teeth painted on fighter planes.

They really need a second study that paints big gnarly WW2 fighter teeth on cows to see what effect it has.

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Re:Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large c... by shoo on Monday August 17, 2020 @06:05PM (#24192766)

No big gnarly teeth, but re: the sibling comments, searching "dazzle cows" reveals https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figures?id=10.1371...

sadly not genuine dazzle camo but in the ballpark

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Re:Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large c... by heleninboodler on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @02:09AM (#24195762)

That's neat and makes sense. I mean, aren't zebras basically "dazzle horses"?

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Re:Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large c... by taejo on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @07:13AM (#24209162)

I can't find the story now, but painting teeth on train doors reduces the number of people trying to jump through them as they're closing.

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