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10-06-2005, 10:26 AM | #1 | |
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10/6/2005: Zebras
Magilla suggested this one out of a gallery of zebras, and I think it's a fine choice. Partly because it's such a great photo. It really shows off why zebras have stripes at all. We think zebras look strange, but we look at them from our understanding of the world, and it turns out they are adapted to the lion's view of the world. From Howstuffworks: Quote:
Human pattern recognition is very good - it's one of the things we are really known for - so we can tell that the above photo is different zebras, and not just one big mass of zebra-something. But try to count them. Go ahead, try it, I'll wait. No, really, how many zebras are in that picture? OK. You counted the heads, and then you got confused in the bodies. That's your pattern recognition at work; because you are human, you're strongly biased towards finding differences in faces. You can recognize different people by tiny differences in their faces, and your brain is actually optimized for that task. A zebra would look at that picture and say right away, oh sure, there are 11 zebras. A lion would look at it and say, I have no idea, it's a big pack, how annoying, the gazelle next door is easier. |
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10-06-2005, 10:29 AM | #2 |
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Ah yes, and one other point: Fridays are reserved for cute/cool animal pictures. That means the python/gator clash has to wait until tomorrow. I thank all of you who saw it and realized that it was the perfect IotD. It is, but the rules say it has to wait!
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10-06-2005, 11:02 AM | #3 |
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Great picture.
There is a number of outstanding pictures on that link. IIRC one of our members owned Zebras...a member of a different stripe.
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10-06-2005, 01:02 PM | #4 | |
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10-06-2005, 01:17 PM | #5 |
go ahead, abbrev. it
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yup... I count 2
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10-06-2005, 01:34 PM | #6 |
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Most awesome pic! Is there a poster? There should be.
And thanks on waiting on the python v. 'gator. Florida. Who needs it?
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10-06-2005, 04:23 PM | #7 | |
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10-06-2005, 01:54 PM | #8 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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That looks like a good place for Man to die after disproving the existence of God and proving black is white.
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10-06-2005, 03:12 PM | #9 |
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Best IoTD in a while.
And thanks for the input, UT. It's a sorry ass that can't learn something here in the Cellar. I'd hate to know I had to tell any TWO zebras apart. Looking at the image they are all nearly identical exept for the younger ones. I wonder what they see when they look at a crowd of homosapien. THERE IS SAFETY IN NUMBERS If George Jefferson were a cellarite I wonder what his comment would be.......I always wanted to ride one.
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10-06-2005, 04:33 PM | #10 |
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10-06-2005, 04:39 PM | #11 | |
still says videotape
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10-06-2005, 04:48 PM | #12 |
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There is such a jigsaw puzzle. I own it. Not quite the same picture, but very similar. And yes, I have completed it.
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10-06-2005, 05:47 PM | #13 |
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That makes me dizzy looking at them.
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10-06-2005, 06:06 PM | #14 |
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Actually today is Thursday. The gator pic waits for Saturday.
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10-06-2005, 06:19 PM | #15 | |
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