Does Painting Cows with Stripes Prevent Fly Bites? Researchers Who Studied This Win Ig Nobel Prize

The Associated Press
10:06 JST,
September 19, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebra-like stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the types of pizza lizards preferred to eat.
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