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# i wonder if you...
painted a wild zebra like a lion... would it ever get eaten? and why don't they try things like this on nature programs? eh? sort it out David Attenborough you amateur!


nice pic btw ;)
(, Fri 14 Jan 2005, 12:24, archived)
# It would get eaten straight away...
Predators like lions will go for any prey that looks out of the ordinary or appears to be a weak target.

This was proved during a conservation effort where Giraffes had paint thrown on them to mark them as part of some census.

They were all eventually killed by predators that had figured there was something wrong with them that made them an easy kill.

Top conservation!

*may be hearsay/addled memory
(, Fri 14 Jan 2005, 12:32, archived)
# Maybe if you painted threats
and taught the lions to read?

Edit: Right, I can't cocking spell anymore. Sleeping.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2005, 12:35, archived)