What does a red barber shop pole stand for?
In past centuries, a community's barber was also its surgeon. He was the man with the sharp razors and cutters so the job fell to him by default. So the red, or red and white striped, pole is said to represent blood, or a stream of blood.
What height do zebras grow to?
Zebra's that live in the Plains of Africa are on an average about 50-52 inches (1.3 meters) tall at their shoulder. Their body length is approximately between 6 to 8.5 feet (2 to 2.6 m) with a tail that is an additional 18 inches in length. Males are usually slightly bigger & heavier than females.
Are zebras blind when they're born?
No. It has to be able to get up, suckle and run with the herd very soon after being born. If it was blind at birth it wouldn't be able to escape from danger and would be at risk of being killed by predators.
What spider is black with white stripes on its back?
Black Widdow Spider PS:I am A student in the 6th grade
Do zebras eat at night or day?
dead zebras are never active. live ones however are mostly active during the day but lions may try to eat them during the night. so most of them have severe insomnia due to paranoia. most of they acivities do take place during the day though
The name of a baby Zebra is called a foal. I was doing home work one day and we have to do theese question on whats the na,e of this baby animal and I was on this website and it did not say so I looked it up somewhere else and it said it so now I put it up on here =]
No. Mammals are divided into three infraclasses: monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals. A giraffe is a placental mammal. This means that the baby is born live, and that it is born developed enough that it will not have to immediately crawl onto the mother's nipple and attach itself. In fact, baby giraffes can walk seconds after being born.
A zorse is a hybrid between a horse and a zebra. There are very few of them in the world, because they are difficult to breed, sterile, and because most people don't have zebras in the backyard to mate with horses in an attempt to create a hybrid. You're honestly better off finding yourself a nice-looking horse, because even if you did manage to track down a zorse (and believe me, that's a very, very big and very illegal IF) you'd probably find it has inherited the intractable nature of the zebra -eta, you can't ride it.
Does a zebra and a horse have teeth?
No because they ar herbivores, not carnivores. Carnivores typically have sharp teeth while herbivores dont. The reason behind THAT is herbivores wear down their teeth gradually as they eat grass and other plants. Sharp teeth aren't needed in their life style.
What is the mountain zebras niche?
Live in semiarid mountainous grassland and shrubland. During the hotter months, Cape mountain zebra use the more open grasslands, and move to the ravine and wooded hills in the cold months. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.
Is it illegal to buy a zebra as a pet?
It is perfectly legal to own a zebra as long as you have an exotic license. But remember that zebras are pack animals so if you plan to buy one PLEASE only do so if you have horses or plan to buy more than one zebra, and if you have a large backyard with a good exercise area.
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Is zebra ominivorous or carnivorous?
Carnivores eat meat, and herbivores eat plants. Omnivores eat plants and meat. Zebras only eat plants, which makes them herbivores.
Why isn't black or white a primary color?
In many color models (but not all- there are very many models some psychological, some physical...) black is the absence of color and white is all the colors. Secondary is defined by the mixture of two of the three primaries.
What is the population of zebras in the world?
Today there are only about 2500 Grevy Zebras remaining. There are 800-1300 Hartmann's mountain zebras and 600-700 cape mountain zebras.
How long do zebra finches live?
They are egg layers who scatter their eggs/ova. Their ova are fertilised by the males outside the fishes body so they do not get pregnant
Zebra, Tapirs, Skunks, Dalmatian's, Penguins, Magpies, American Paint Horse.
Symbiosis relationship of lion and zebra?
Lions and zebras have a predator prey relatiuonship. For example the lion is the predator obviously because it is the top of the food chain and the zebra is the prey because it get eaten. They aren't related in any other way.
Actually there is, they live in the same habitat.
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