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How Animal Camouflage Works

Stuff You Should Know

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The Evolution of Zebra Stripes

The zebra is not a camouflage for you. It doesn't care about you or your family. No. It cares about the lions that's hunting it and lions are color blind. The other cool thing about zebra stripes is they are specific to the zebra. So they help them identify each other or maybe the pack like, oh, look at that pack because those stripes are not my stripes.

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