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Why do zebras have stripes? This question has plagued scientists since Darwin and Wallace were alive, and modern research has finally gotten us closer to the answer. Which is good, because the last time SciShow tried to answer it, we got it way wrong. Here's the real, updated science about how zebras got their stripes.

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