Nature's coolest puzzle solved!
Zebras are famous for their black and white coats. But have you ever wondered why they aren't just brown like horses? Nature has a very smart reason for this!
Scientists have found that flies and bugs get confused by the black and white pattern. They find it hard to land on a striped surface. So, the stripes act like a natural bug spray!
When a group of zebras stands together, all those stripes mix up. A lion looking from far away cannot tell where one zebra ends and the other begins.
Some scientists believe the black stripes get hot and the white stripes stay cool, creating tiny air currents that help cool the zebra down.