The Zebra stripes may prevent the flies from landing, and could have been one the evolutionary drivers of the zebra pattern. Scientist provided further evidence to this hypothesis looking at horse flies behaviour around zebras and uniformly coloured domestic horses.

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The Zebra stripes may prevent the flies from landing, and could have been one the evolutionary drivers of the zebra pattern. Scientist provided further evidence to this hypothesis looking at horse flies behaviour around zebras and uniformly coloured domestic horses.