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Theories suggested the stripes helped them camouflage, or served as identity name tags for zebras to recognize each other. Researchers from Bristol University studied the benefits of zebra stripes ...
Those in warmer climates have more stripes -- which is great for the overheated equines. When air hits a zebra it moves quickly over the black light-absorbing stripes and slowly over the white.
How the zebra got its stripes has been the subject of folk tales, some of which involve it being scorched by fire. The Maasai proverb "a man without culture is like a zebra without stripes" has become popular in Africa. The San people connected zebra stripes with water, rain and lightning, and water spirits were conceived of having these ...
The San people associated zebra stripes with water, rain and lighting due to its dazzling pattern. [40] Black and white stripes on the Botswana flag represent the stripes of a zebra. The plains zebra is the national animal of the Republic of Botswana and its stripes are depicted on the country's flag.
Grant’s zebra at Safari Wilderness in Lakeland, Florida. This northern subspecies is vertically striped in front, horizontally on the back legs, and diagonally on the rump and hind flanks. Shadow stripes are absent or only poorly expressed. The stripes, as well as the inner spaces, are broad and well defined. Northerly specimens may lack a mane.
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Zebra stripes, one of the possible primitive markings of horses and other equids; Zebra print, an animal print that resembles the pattern of the skin and fur of a zebra; Zebra crossing, a type of pedestrian crossing involving black-and-white stripes; Zebra strip, an elastomeric connector with an alternating black-and-white stripe pattern
Much broader, horizontal stripes are found in the hind area of Cape mountain zebra, lacking the "shadow stripes" seen in the plains zebra. Stripes on the hind legs are broader than those of the front legs, and striping continues all the way down to the hooves. However, the dark vertical stripes stop abruptly at the flanks, leaving the belly ...