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What butterfly wings have in common with barbershop poles

Ars Technica
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ScienceBiologyButterfliesButterfly WingsEntomology

Old-fashioned striped barbershop poles turn in place on a vertical axis, but humans typically perceive the stripes moving upward rather than turning with the pole.

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