@darkroommike @fasc1nate I wondered the same thing. Then I looked at the original paper (linked in the article above) to see what controls they used. One of the control groups was black stripes. https://t.co/qIpHtRafLU

Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack | PLOS ONE https://t.co/gPKdJMd3XW

https://t.co/i8elWGLWUu

RT @DrYukselUrun: Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack! @PLOSONE #MedTwitter https://t.co/TJTPGNNjzA https:/…

@stray_February 目視っぽいです。30分間に Head thows Ear beats Leg stamps Skin twitches Tail flicks した回数なんかの生データが入ってますｗ https://t.co/ZIWoOJNMxM

@kyletimbaker @fasc1nate https://t.co/Ye8YBT1nXs https://t.co/KuozYiX47n

RT @lotusctr: 😳“painting black-and-white stripes on livestock such as cattle can prevent biting fly attacks and provide an alternative meth…

😳“painting black-and-white stripes on livestock such as cattle can prevent biting fly attacks and provide an alternative method of defending livestock against biting flies without using pesticides.https://t.co/Mtp67swNOO

#PLOSONE: Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack https://t.co/qLWpdLyFeZ

Time to paint some cows!

Researchers thought that zebras' stripes could function to deter insects, so they painted black and white stripes on cows to figure it out - the stripes reduced biting flies landing on the painted cows by around 50%! ⁦@PLOSONE⁩ #vetmed #livestock https://

Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack! @PLOSONE #MedTwitter https://t.co/TJTPGNNjzA https://t.co/H7o0CJxmpU

Esi cilvēks, nokrāso govi!

RT @piotrss: Miliard dolarów rocznie oszczędności w USA może wygenerować malowanie krów. https://t.co/t75NsXkcEC https://t.co/Msi9lZPAcJ

عمل خطوط على الأبقار المشابهة لخطوط الحمير الوحشية قللت من هجمات الذباب القارض والبعوض بنسبة 50٪. https://t.co/lMUg31bTSL https://t.co/bkTopMUoZs

@Lucifel_Z @NongNokheetad https://t.co/KE7y2ctn8a นี้ครับโผม 😍

RT @Saowaoduu: @Lucifel_Z https://t.co/FeiV5zQ3Jv นี่ค่า

@Lucifel_Z https://t.co/FeiV5zQ3Jv นี่ค่า

A: Zebra stripes are an adaptation to avoid biting flies; no evidence that they're for camouflage. 🤯 B: You can paint cows with zebra stripes and they are less likely to be bitten by those same flies! 🤯🤯 https://t.co/hCDHtGbgS6

@nyjrb90 It's cool too they have painted cows to look like zebra to stop the flies biting them https://t.co/ojrNdUubOR

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

“We found that painting zebra-like stripes on cows can decrease the incidence of biting flies landing on individuals by 50%. [...] reduced landings of biting flies coincide with a reduction in defensive behaviors in cows.” https://t.co/WX119yS6L6

@MarcAbrahams https://t.co/6QnXAO4GSM

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

RT @wildbehav: Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

Por supuesto, os dejo por aquí el paper: #NingunHiloSinSuPaper https://t.co/R1eFKa6VZ9

@AlbaAsenjo (Les picarán menos mosquitos?) https://t.co/dJjoAh0eGr

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @hcmariwala: How interesting.

RT @hcmariwala: How interesting.

RT @ruchitgarg: 🦓 <=> 🐄

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

🦓 <=> 🐄

RT @hcmariwala: How interesting.

How interesting.

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and white stripes on cows. They found that it reduced the number of biting flies landing on the cows by more than 50% Source : https://t.co

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

Science!

RT @zuluagajorge: #UnDato Las rayas son para las moscas https://t.co/S2jCyoB38E https://t.co/OBaSG35YEz

RT @SorvariT: Jag blir osökt och tänka på texten i finska arméns artillerireglemente, från så sent som 1972, där det stod att "På vintern m…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @SorvariT: Jag blir osökt och tänka på texten i finska arméns artillerireglemente, från så sent som 1972, där det stod att "På vintern m…

Jag blir osökt och tänka på texten i finska arméns artillerireglemente, från så sent som 1972, där det stod att "På vintern målas artilleriets draghästar vita - Obs! Gäller ej vita hästar!"

Samaa voisi kokeilla poroihin

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

#UnDato Las rayas son para las moscas https://t.co/S2jCyoB38E https://t.co/OBaSG35YEz

RT @benjaminwittes: Lesson of this story: Paint stripes on your cows.

RT @JohnMu: Are you a preferred snack for bugs? Maybe it's time to add racing stripes.

This is why Waldo blends into the background so well.

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

A) We should totally do what the paper suggest and use this effect in place of insecticides B) I'm happy to report that the authors did not miss the opportunity to make one of the most intuitive figures in the history of figures https://t.co/9YQfQeya25

Science is a splendiferous thing

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

Zorses have dazzle camo, amazing.

RT @kazweida: So wait. If I wear stripes less bugs will bite me? This is kind of badass.

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @kazweida: So wait. If I wear stripes less bugs will bite me? This is kind of badass.

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @kazweida: So wait. If I wear stripes less bugs will bite me? This is kind of badass.

RT @moultano: One of my favorite bits of @edyong209's An Immense World is that the original theory of stripes as a mechanism to confuse pre…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

Does this work against mosquitoes as well? I might have to make @zubaz my new hiking wardrobe.

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @JohnMu: Are you a preferred snack for bugs? Maybe it's time to add racing stripes.

Million dollar idea: Zubaz for cows

RT @senatorshoshana: Cow painter is my new side gig HIRE ME

Scientists believe that a Zebra’s stripes are made of paint.

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

Jag ska alltså måla mig som en zebra nästa sommar... check

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…

RT @Rainmaker1973: Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and…