Author Topic: Painting cows with black and white stripes to ward off biting insects?  (Read 57 times)

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Offline agate

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Some scientists may be looking around for projects to do--any projects. Some of them have a theory that painting cows black and white (the Zebra Look) might help the cows to avoid those flying insects that seem to be a pesky problem for them.


From Medical News Today (January 6, 2020)--"Why are scientists painting stripes on cows?":


https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/327400.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_country=US&utm_hcp=no&utm_campaign=MNT%20Daily%20News%202020-01-06&utm_term=MNT%20Daily%20News#4
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