• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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    92 months ago

    I’ve not seen the study referenced, but if I were doing it I’d have cows I painted with white paint, white stripes, black paint, and a control I left unpainted.

    • @over_clox@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yes, obviously. But are the flies possibly repelled by the paint? Are the flies even able to bite through the paint?

      Edit: 50% stripes, 50% reduction in bug bites.

      Coincidence? I think not.

        • @over_clox@lemmy.world
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          -72 months ago

          Fair enough. But I’m in no rush to paint myself or my dog, and I lost the last cow I ever had over the Rainbow Bridge…