The Facts...in...Black and Whte!

  It's comforting to know that while most of us
are frittering away our time on things like
Super Bowl, election campaigning, or the
like scientists around the world are working
hard to answer questions many of us have never
even asked.
  Their latest revelation, for instance, informs
us that a Zebra's alternating black and white
stripes protect the animal from bloodsucking
horseflies!
   As with many scientific breakthroughs this
finding was the result of an accident.
   The scientists were actually doing research
on horses and discovered that those painted
with black and white stripes attracted far
fewer flies than all black or all while animals.
   I'm not exactly sure who commissioned
the study, or why, or how somebody came
up with the idea to paint some of the horses.
   News releases on the subject do admit that
no one has done any research in Africa...
where Zebras live.
  Maybe it's really a project to see how
convicts can be protected from mosquitoes!
They still ware stripes don't they?
   The whole thing has me thinking about
a conversation I had many years ago with
my then 5-year-old niece.
   I asked if a Zebra was white with black
stripes or black with white stripes.
   She thought for just a moment, then said
"Well you see, he's brown, but has black and
white stripes!"
   Now it seems....she may have been right!
   Hope you've got all your facts in black
and white and that all your NEWS is good!