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Stripes for the Asking

Ever since a human first saw
A zebra, the human has asked
Why the stripes? So far no "ah hah!"
Has come from all the studies tasked.
Hypotheses do make a list:
Maybe stripes do repel insects;
Maybe camoflauge is the gist;
Maybe predators to perplex;
Maybe to reduce body heat;
Maybe to sort out who is who.
The latest study, not concrete,
Keeps blurring the long stripe ado.

Zebras have kept stripes in supply,
So the humans keep asking why.