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So, perhaps striping somehow acts protectively.
To reach the open sea, they must cross a narrow strip of water – and that is patrolled by great whites.
For example, the hypothesis that striping has a social function seems unlikely because, while every zebra does have unique patterning, other equids have no trouble identifying individuals in their herd without it.
They can't get on -- they couldn't -- for a while, they couldn't get onto an airplane without getting strip-searched.
I'm wearing a polyester shirt and a mohair sweater and my hair was all puffy and done and it was 106 in the trailer and the whole camera crew had stripped down.