Pat and (special guest co-host) Mike chat a bit about the age-old question: "Why do zebras have stripes?"

But we're a bunch of dumb-dumbs, so we ask two wonderful zebra experts (Kaia Tombak, Princeton University & Emily Nonnamaker, Tulane University) to help us understand what evolutionary factors led to the beautiful striped grazer.

Music featured on this podcast:

Silk by Wolf Alice

Come Down by Anderson .Paak

Molly (feat. Brandon Urie) by Lil Dicky

Wheels Fall Off (feat. Scarlet Parke) by The Good Husbands

Friends (feat. Bon Iver) by Francis & The Lights

Summer Friends (feat. Francis & The Lights and Jeremih) by Chance the Rapper