Zebra

Zebra are in the genus Equus, and are related to both asses and horses. Equine are one-toed herbivores that arose in the early Pleistocene Epoch about 2 million years ago. All equids forage primarily on fibrous foods, such as grasses and sedges, as well as bark, leaves, buds, fruits, and roots. Equids employ a hindgut fermentation system, utilizing an enlarged appendix in which plant cell walls are only incompletely digested. By ingesting large quantities of food, they achieve extraction rates equal to those of ruminants.

Zebras mostly inhabit the grasslands and savannahs of Africa. Like all equid, they are highly social mammals that exist in herds comprising of a senior stallion and his harem of mares. They usually only have one foal a year after undergoing a gestation period of 11.5 months (12.5 months in the Grevy's Zebra).

There are a number of theories surrounding the advantage of zebras having a coat of black and white stripes. It is speculated that the stripes confuse predators, such as lions, making it more difficult for them to isolate and cull a single animal from the herd. A park ranger from Africa I know thinks that the stripes provide camouflage out on the hot savannah plains. He had noticed that the heat vapor rising from the ground could completely conceal an entire herd of zebra standing in front of him.

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[Llamalover38]

are they white with black stripes or black with white stripes? inpossible question

[dafttool]

@Llamalover38 Most Zebras are white with black stripes (as these are), though there are some subspecies where that's reversed. All you have to do is look at their belly or backside to see what their base color is.

[Starscreamsfan4ever]

how many species of zebra are they?

[dafttool]

@Starscreamsfan4ever There are 3 zebra species: Plains Zebra, Mountain Zebra & Grevy's Zebra, but there are also variations on those themes, Plains Zebra having 5 surviving subspecies (a sixth one--Quagga--went extinct at the beginning of the last century) & Mountain Zebra having 2 subspecies. Plus, to confuse matters further, there are variations among the subspecies in which some have reversed stripe patterns or other stripe anomalies.

[Andrew159876]

are zebras blak with white stripes?

[dafttool]

@Andrew159876 Most species of zebra are white with black stripes (see 0:18 of the video). There is at least one subspecies that is black with white stripes though.

[sweetsixteen4]

I LOVE ZEBRAS

[iampeeay01]

its my dream to see a zebra live... i guess i should include it on my bucket list... :)

[jaeray6]

I LOVE ZEBRAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BOBMATIONproductions]

zecora!?!

[Lemonsunset]

Zebras Aree My Fav Animal ;D

My Entire Room Is Zebra ^.^

#Zebra Swagg( :

[iCPFish]

I love zebras :O favorite animal xD

[zebraslol123]

I LOVE ZEBRAS

[Llamalover38]

@TheHerc18 I live in Illinois and there really aren't any around me so lol

[TheHerc18]

@Llamalover38

why dont you ask them :D

[BubbleMaster]

I watch this video when I'm sad and when I'm happy. Sometimes I watch it when I want to learn. I think this is a great video that shows a lot about Zebras and how they live and what they do in reality when we're not watching them. My goal is to someday have a zebra farm and to ride a zebra. Sometimes I play a game where I think that I'm a zebra and that humans (other people) are trying to read my thoughts with their brain powers but they can't because my zebra thoughts are too strong for them

[Pusteblumenkind1]

i like