Count the zebras in this picture.
Oct. 6th, 2005 01:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselking
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On How Zebra Stripes Work:
Zebras usually travel in large groups, in which they stay very close to one another. Even with their camouflage pattern, it's highly unlikely a large gathering of zebras would be able to escape a lion's notice, but their stripes help them use this large size to their advantage. When all the zebras keep together as a big group, the pattern of each zebra's stripes blends in with the stripes of the zebras around it. This is confusing to the lion, who sees a large, moving, striped mass instead of many individual zebras. The lion has trouble picking out any one zebra, and so it doesn't have a very good plan of attack. It's hard for the lion to even recognize which way each zebra is moving: Imagine the difference in pursuing one animal and charging into an amorphous blob of animals moving every which way. The lion's inability to distinguish zebras also makes it more difficult for it to target and track weaker zebras in the herd.The zebra has developed two unique things: a pattern that confuses pattern recognition in lions, and a specific pattern recognition ability so they aren't as confused as the lion.
So do zebra stripes confuse zebras as much as they confuse lions? Oddly enough, while making zebras indistinguishable to other animals, zebra stripes actually help zebras recognize one another. Stripe patterns are like zebra fingerprints: Every zebra has a slightly different arrangement. Zoologists believe this is how zebras distinguish who's who in a zebra herd. This certainly has significant benefits. A zebra mare and her foal can keep track of each other in the large herd, for example, and a zebra can very quickly distinguish its own herd from another. This also helps human researchers, because it enables them to track particular zebras in the wild.
A zebra would look at that picture and say right away, oh sure, there are 11 zebras. A lion would look at it and say, I have no idea, it's a big pack, how annoying, the gazelle next door is easier.
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Date: 2005-10-06 06:10 pm (UTC)One year free service is very little compared to all the other costs associated with moving.
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Date: 2005-10-06 06:57 pm (UTC)#1: Call Roadrunner and complain. Ask why they haven't routed around the break by now.
#2: Call Roadrunner and complain. Ask what compensation, if any, they're offering to people who aren't getting the service they pay for.
#3: Call Roadrunner and cancel your service, explaining why. Get a different ISP.
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Date: 2005-10-06 06:58 pm (UTC)"Okay, zeeba, you jump in hot tub and we add herbs and spices."
*whisper whhisper whisper*
"Oops. Me me bath salts."
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Date: 2005-10-06 07:00 pm (UTC)#3 will require some research.
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Date: 2005-10-07 03:07 pm (UTC)I should have checked the white board.
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Date: 2005-10-07 03:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-07 03:42 pm (UTC)What area are you in btw?
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Date: 2005-10-07 03:52 pm (UTC)The email address I gave is basicly for complaints and cudos, for the corperate department, they don't do troubleshooting (although they can get on the asses of the people who do). Calling in is the best route in this case, although emailing definatly doesn't hurt.
And I was asking mostly to see if I cover your area, which I don't :(
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