A team from Japan took home the biology award for demonstrating that painting cows with black and white stripes did, in fact, halve the amount of times they were bitten by flies, providing a possible alternative to using pesticides.The scientists noted that flies can be attracted to animals due to factors like their smell, shape, movement, colour - as well as how they polarise light, which black and white stripes do.They argued that painting cows could reduce pesticide use while preventing more livestock from health problems associated with bites."We are deeply honoured to receive this award," Tomoki Kojima, one of the researchers, told the audience in an acceptance speech."This award serves as motivation for us to continue striving for excellence," he added, as his colleagues attacked him with fake flies, before he revealed he was wearing a zebra-print shirt and they relented.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkjzxrrkd5o
>>5048594Original researchhttps://x.com/tak53381102/status/1613674396614557698https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/07/painting_zebra_stripes_on_cows_wards_off_biting_flies.htmlhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223447
>>5048594WTF? in my country we do this since forever, you literally just paint them with a mixture of mud and bitter ash plant
>>5048594>paintingI wish we could breed them to have zebra stripes, that would be cool.
>winning an IG Nobel prize for actually useful research
just found out about the IG Nobel prize, seems like the definition of a humiliation ritual
>>5048657>to honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them thinkseems apt, fren
>>5049535it's just for fun. another researcher found that lizards prefer plain cheese pizza over other toppings.
>>5048594I'm too lazy to read the article, but did they account for the possibility that the paint itself was what was repelling the flies?
>>5049764They did, they had a group of cows painted with color that matched their fur which was bit by flies around the same rate as the unpainted group.
>>5049777Neat
>>5048594>The Ig Nobel peace prize went to the revelation that drinking alcohol can improve a person's ability to speak a foreign language (Dutch, specifically)I've actually jokingly been claiming this for years (also about Dutch). These fuckers stole my research!
>>5048622>Half of 4ch is from the third world now....>That explains the extremely low IQ comments.
>>5048594>discoveryI thought this was common knowledge
Ig Nobel Prize candidates make better, more unbiased research than those participating in the unironic prize.
>>5048594>A team from Japan took home the biology award for demonstrating that painting cows with black and white stripes did, in fact, halve the amount of times they were bitten by fliesCan this applly to humans?
>>5050773Zebraface is considered highly offensive to biracial individuals
How long before they start breeding/genetically engineer striped livestock
