Don’t think of them as zebras — they’re just walking bar codes.

Scientists studying the behavior of zebras, tigers and giraffes in the wild have a new tool — a scanner that identifies individual animals by their stripes.

The researchers take a digital photo of the beast they’re interested in, upload it to the “StripeSpotter” database, and find out if it’s who they think it is.

It’s a lot neater than the old method — picking up animal droppings and testing for DNA matches.

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No lunch. No justice.

Researchers at Columbia University and Israel’s Ben Gurion University found that the hungrier a judge is, the less likely a suspect will get bail.

The researchers, who studied more than 1,000 Israeli decisions, found 65 percent of bail requests heard after meal breaks were granted; but nearly zero were approved just before lunch break.

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That’s news!

A 33-year-old Phoenix burglary suspect bit the police dog who captured him after the crime-fighting canine chomped down on him.

Cops complain he injured the dog; the suspect claims the pooch violated his civil rights.

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A forgery suspect in San Luis Obispo, Calif., showed the judge a doctor’s note seeking a delay in her sentencing.

There was one problem — she forged the note.

She got five years.

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Meet the country’s biggest college basketball fan.

When Johannes Schneider — who attends every game at Winthrop University in South Carolina — married Michelle Waters, the bride was not the only one given away.

Schneider walked down the aisle with “Big Stuff,” the big bird mascot of the Winthrop Eagles.

One guest, a little girl, brought down the house when she called out, “It’s a big chicken.”