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Day Nine Photo Diary
Oprah's Book Club  |  January 01, 2006
Shamwari Zebra


We drive past a herd of zebras grazing. The zebra's black and white stripes provide a form of camouflage known as disruptive coloration. The stripes may also serve as social signals; each individual's stripe pattern is unique—similar to human fingerprint patterns.
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