Maybe individual stripe patterns serve a social function, allowing herd members to recognize each other more easily.
Men's shirts in the 1960s were made in a variety of stripes, patterns, and colours previously not worn.
The organization monitors the tigers with camera traps, using unique stripe patterns to identify individual animals and monitoring the abundance of tiger prey as well.
I came armed with pictures of individuals' fur color and stripe patterns, a set of loris face shapes and exact skull dimensions.
Conservationists then analyse all the images to compare tiger stripe patterns to ensure there is no double counting, a problem which is much harder to avoid when recording tiger footprints.
Using software they originally developed to identify gray seals, they have come up with a system that can match stripe patterns of tigers, living or dead.
Mr. Engelson has changed the inventory to include shades in bright colors, stripes, patterns and unusual shapes, including ellipses, cut-cornered squares, shallow drums and cubes.
The new window coverings come in a wide selection of stripes, patterns and solid colors, in widths up to 144 inches to fit extra-wide windows.
Uncovering the zebra-stripe patterns left by past tempests, climatologists say, could improve the calculations of future storm risks and scientists' understanding of the relationship between hurricanes and other long-term cycles in the ocean and atmosphere.
Although I quickly grew annoyed with his apple trees and bears analogies (a theme that he revisits throughout the entire book), I did enjoy a number of his discussions, such as the developmental mechanisms that give rise to the distinct stripe patterns seen in three zebra species (Pp. 93-97).
Bemz sells covers for most of Ikea's upholstered pieces -- even those that are no longer in production -- in a wider range of fabrics than Ikea offers: solid colors, stripes, patterns, bright colors and neutrals are available in both cotton and linen-and-cotton blends.
