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Why do tigers have striped fur?

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They have developed an effective camouflage. The pattern is actually part of the animal's skin so it appears below the fur as well. Tigers don't need protection from other animals, though they do need protection from human beings. The striped-coat camouflage serves to hide them from prey.

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to blend with their environment and not from predators but so there prey doesn't see them because tiger don't really have a natural predator except humans so prey would be the only reason it stripe would help with

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