Zebras

It can be done, and is done, however. From the reading I've been doing, it is possible, although very difficult, to train a zebra to be ridden or to pull carriages, and in fact, there are real zebras being ridden in the movie "Racing Stripes."

I suspect the difference between the ability to train horses and to train zebras can be at least in part explained away by the fact that horses were first trained several thousand years ago. Over time, humans bred horses for docility, most likely by eating the animals which proved harder to train. We did the same thing with cattle. Humans in sub-Saharan Africa never seemed to domesticate the animals at their disposal, however, (with the possible exception of guinnea fowl) and so, the zebra was left in its wild state.

I would imagine, but do not know, that if the horse had never been domesticated, wild horses would be almost as hard to train as would a zebra. Certainly, dogs, which have been domesticated from wolves for over 10,000 years are, in personality, wolves always stuck in their juvenile phase. I imagine lots of wolf cubs were eaten on the way to develop the modern domestic canid. Dogs (or wolves) which were more dog like were kept for breeding future generations, and over time, their personalities changed to the dogs we have now.

And, even the horses now considered "wild" are really feral domestic horses, except for a few isolated groups mainly in Asia, which I understand are about as resistant to training as zebras.

I recall reading about an American Bison who became inordinately fond of his owners as he was being raised, to the point of allowing himself to be ridden when grown. He was actually featured being ridden on television commercials. In the history of domestication, an animal like him would have been bred many times to secure the "amenable" traits he displayed.

I also read a reference to the now ex-Soviets training moose to saddle and yoke, saying they were more stable around aircraft than horses. And we all know that Santa has trained reindeer to pull his sleigh, although how he's bred them to fly is beyond me.

YES

a zebra can be yellow if you want it to be. it can also be black, white, blue, brown, orange, silver, gray, teal, aqua, purple, violet, tan, clear, pink, blonde, or green. but not red because red is the color of blood and blood is gross.

It more about motor skills that walking.

I was walking (and talking) at a little over 6 months (somewhat unbelievable, but I'm assured by my family). My aunt on the other hand spent many many years shuffling around on her bum quite happily. I have no problems with my joints of bones (as the health visitors said I could well have, I am Autistic spectrum though but to me it's more of a gift than a curse), my aunt had absolutely no problems walking when she actually needed to (she is not autistic spectrum).

Camouflage (black and white stripes)

Speed, they can run fast when they need to

They are herd animals, grazing in a herd offers protection
Zebras stay together in a herd to have a smaller chance of getting attacked by predators like hyenas, lions, and leopards. A zebra herd usually has between 5 and 20 animals. Scientists think that the zebras stripes make a blur for predators so it will be harder for them to pick out a zebra to attack. This only works when there are a lot of zebras together. The stripes also make a zebra look bigger. There is a lot of danger for zebras. When crossing a river zebras have to watch out for alligators. Zebras do not have a defense against alligators. They just have to keep moving so they can get out of the river faster. Zebras have flexible ears. They can move them in all directions so they can hear things all around them. This is another way to avoid and escape from predators. Zebras also have a good sense of smell, good eyesight, and excellent hearing. All these senses help them to avoid predators.