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Zebras
Described as a "horse in striped pajamas," three species of zebra inhabit Africa. They are equiids, which means they are members of the horse family and are odd-toed ungulates. Zebras inhabit tropical grasslands in sub-Saharan Africa. Social herd animals, they live in groups called harems. Their distinctive black and white stripes have made them a favorite of children for many generations.
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What environment does zebras like?
Zebras are found in the savannas of east Africa. Some can also be found in mountains in southwestern Africa.
Is the zebra a social or solitary animal?
Zebras are herd animals. Usually a "harem" of females led by a stallion. Neighboring stallions will fight for fillies who have just come into estrus and build their own herd.
Inhabiting the Savannas on the Serengeti plains herds can merge during migratory travels to ranks numbering in the thousands. Young males will form herds until suitable females are found to form their own individual herd.
How do zebras protect their offspring?
Giraffes protect their young by guarding and always staying close to their calf. Giraffes do this through taking advantage of their height, which lets them see long distances, making it very easy for them to see danger far away. Giraffes are also able to kick with both back and front legs; their large size and wide hooves can inflict enough force to severely injure and even kill animals such as lions. In addition to their ability to see long distances they are able to be awake for long periods of time, averaging about 20 minutes of sleep per 24 hours, divided between 5 minute naps throughout the day.
Their Swahili name is Punda Milia. hopefully this is what you needed
- There are about 3 or 4 different types of zebras and each type has its on pattern
of stripes.
- Zebra stripes are actually brown, not black.
- Many people think zebras are white with black stripes because they have a white
belly. Believe it or not, this is not true. Zebras are actually black with white
stripes, and the white part of their body (belly) is actually pigmentation.
what are there real colors
Zebras are in the horse family and they live in grasslands of eastern and southern Africa. They eat leaves and grass and grow to between 4 and 5 ft tall and have live in the desert
that they can camiflge
Where do horse like to be scratched?
Horses groom each other by standing head to tail and using their teeth to nibble at the skin of their "partner."
Zebra stripes are both black and white. It is neither black on white or white on black.
Zebras have pink skin. So it is black and white on pink.
Should you bring the Quagga back from extinction?
firstly, let me say theyre not actually gonna be bringing the quagga back to life, because its dead, its extinct, theyre just going to be breeding zebras with simular features, to make an animal simular visually, to the quagga.
theyre basically just breeding zebras to make more zebras, which although they my not look much like zebras, they are.
but the answer is, no cause you cant but they can try, cause all theyll do is breed a load of zebras with eachother to make more, slightly different looking zebras.
Most wild zebras live for a little more than twenty years, and captive ones live for about thirty years.
Zebras live in Eastern, southwestern and Southern African grasslands, with the largest populations in Kenya and Tanzania.
Africa.
zebras live in plains or grasslands.
Zebras are naturally found in Africa, specifically eastern, southwestern, and southern Africa. ( There are actually three types of zebra; Grevy's Zebra, Mountain Zebra, and most commonlly known, the Plains Zebra.)
Why can't zebras live in the cold?
no. zebra have lived in Africa for many centuries. The zebras are adapted to Africa's climate and envoirnemt. The zebras would not like the cold because they would be adapted to the hot climate of Africa. if you're the person who asked about the zebras protecting their young, plz recommened me.
What is niche of zebra mussels?
As filter-feeders, they take in water and filter out algae as food, excreting their waste as sediment. A single individual can filter 1 liter of water each day, and a colony covering 1 square meter of substrate can filter 180 million liters of water per year. Enormous colonies of zebra mussels can reduce the algal populations of lakes and rivers, thus removing a significant portion of the base of the food chain and resulting in a decline in the fish populations. Thus, these mussels are a threat to the local biodiversity.
The tremendous filtering capacity of these organisms may have some positive consequences. Zebra mussels have been a major factor in cleaning Lake Erie after a century of pollution from fertilizers and sewage. After the first 10 years of zebra mussel existence in Lake Erie, light penetration in the water has increased from only a few centimeters to nearly 10 meters. If these organisms could be controlled, they may become a useful tool in the treatment of sewage and pollution.
What is the cross between a donkey and a zebra?
The offspring of a horse and zebra is called a zorse. It gets its dominant color genes from its horse mother, and stripes from the zebra father. Attempts to breed horse stallions with zebra mares have been generally unsatisfactory.
How do you know a zebra is a mammal?
Yes, a zebra is a mammal like the horse and other equine species.
Like most mammals, zebras give birth to a live young and nurse them.
What are zebras structures for defense?
The zebra has a strong, muscular and symmetrical body, that is well adapted for survival. Zebras have black and white stripes that extend from every part of its body except the stomach and inner thighs.
Zebras have longish slender legs for ease of quick movement and efficient to make quick exits when predators are close.
A Zebras height varies from 45 - 60 inches at shoulder height depending on species and are between 7 feet and 9 feet in length, again depending on species.
Zebras have matching incisor teeth for tearing and chewing strong grasses.
Zebras manes, unlike a horses, are upright bristles that are also striped and surrounded by a black border.
Zebras have large eyes and large ears, excellent hearing and eyesight. This enables them to hear and see predators early enough for them to escape. Zebras eyes are set far back in the skull and give a wide field of vision. Their only blind spot is directly behind them. Zebras have very good hearing and rotate their ears to locate sounds without having to move their bodies.
Zebras skin is black, even under the white fur that produce the white stripes.
United Nations Farms
What type of animal is a deer?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminatia
Family: Cervidae
Yes, a Zebra is a Herbivour as it has a diet of only plants, fruit or vegetable zebras do not eat meat.
How long is a zebra in its mom tummy?
For over 3 years in the herd if female and only 2 years if male.
Zebra's stay with their mother (also called a Mare) for about 1 to 3 years.
What is another name for a female zebra?
male elephant = bull
female elephant = cow
But there is no feminine form of the English word "elephant"
Do zebras hatch from an egg or are they born alive?
No. Zebras are placental mammals, so they give live birth.
The only egg-laying mammals, or monotremes, are the platypus and the echidna.
Is it possible to cross breed zebra and horse?
A cross between a male zebra and a female horse is called a zorse.
An okapi has stripes somewhat like a zebra's but is not related to zebras nor is it related to horses. Its nearest relative is the giraffe.
Lions work as a team, pursuing a herd of zebra or wildebeest and separating one from the group. Then they work together to pin it down, and one lion while bite it on the throat or muzzle to suffocate it. Leopards are similar, although they pursue their prey less and do the task alone. Leopards don't usually hunt adult wildebeest, though, because it is too large for them to manage.
Who has right of way on a zebra crossing?
After isolated experiments, the zebra crossing was first used at 1000 sites in the UK in 1949 in its original form of alternating strips of blue and yellow, and a 1951 measure introduced them into law. In 1971, the green cross code was introduced to teach children safer crossing habits, replacing the earlier "kerb drill".
In the United Kingdom the crossing is marked with Belisha beacons, flashing amber globes on black and white posts on each side of the road, named after Leslie Hore-Belisha, the Minister of Transport, who introduced them in 1934. The crossings were originally marked by beacons and parallel rows of studs, and the stripes were added for visibility some 15 years later.
