Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/09/cows-painted-like-zebras-keep.html
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Jack White really does have his hands in a lot of projects.
Getting informed consent from cows is harder than it sounds.
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Well, that’s good. But 60 bites in 30 minutes is still way too many. Jeez, it must suck to be a cow,
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Sure, but thanks to the herd mentality if you get one you get them all. Then you just have to worry about getting them to hold a pen. And teaching them how to write their name.
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Dang, Nature sure is smart.
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On the flip side, remember that an essential part of the story is the flies can’t land on black and white surfaces. Nature is also dumb.
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because the light polarization screws up their ability to decelerate
That’s one possible factor, but the paper also points to brightness modulation, which seems like a more pronounced effect.
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Zebras may have evolved their distinctive stripes as a way to interfere with flies’ vision
sigh. will evolution ever be properly described as how it actually works?
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And subpar chicken, too.
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Back in college, I used to love their sandwiches: fried (something that might once have been chicken) + mayo + pickle + amorphous bread stuff = delicious and cheap.
They ruined that when they tried to make them upscale. Less flavor for more money.
Yes! This is what science is all about! In your face, unverifiable systems of belief!
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And it’s slimming.
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Chik-fil-a is the Del Taco of Sbarros.
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The flies and the ticks and other parasites are bad enough, and then the vampire birds show up:
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I wonder how they would do with leopard spots.
Works on humans?
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Are we sure that they are not white cows with black stripes?
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