Learn all you wanted to know about chic African Zebras with 30 scientific facts.
Do you love chic animals, especially Zebras? We all could easily explain why Zebras hold
such a special place in our hearts, who doesn’t love the contrasting chic colors
living harmoniously on one of Africa’s most popular animals.
Chic Zebra facts, 30 to be exact
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| Zebra foals are born with brown and white stripes. |
The shadow of the zebra has no stripes - African Proverb
1.
Scientific name of the Zebra is Equus
quagga.
2.
All the Zebras in the world live in
Eastern and Southern Africa.
3.
There are three species of zebra,
Burchell's or the plains zebra, Grevy's zebra and the mountain zebra.
4.
All Zebras live in Africa and each
species of zebra has its own living home area.
5.
Plains zebras live in the treeless
grasslands and woodlands of eastern and southern Africa. Tanzania and Kenya has
at least eight to ten types of plains zebras numbering around 750,000.
6.
Grevy zebras live in in the
grasslands of Ethiopia and northern Kenya and there are only about 2,500
remaining today.
7.
The mountain zebra is found in South
Africa, Namibia and Angola. There are 600-700 cape mountain zebras and around
800-1300 Hartmann's mountain zebras in the wild.
8.
While most zebras are Least
Endangered, Grevy's Zebra is classified as Endangered.
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| Different zebra species have a different type of stripes, from narrow to wide. |
9.
Different zebra species have
different types of stripes, from narrow to wide.
10.
Zebras are herbivores and primarily
eat a variety of grasses. They are also known to eat shrubs, herbs, twigs,
leaves, and bark.
11.
Newborn Zebras are called foals.
12.
Zebra foals are born with brown and
white stripes.
13.
Foals can walk just 20 minutes after
they are born.
14.
The zebra's biggest threats are
habitat loss due to ranching and farming and competition for water with
livestock. They are also hunted for their skins.
15.
Zebras are 4 to 5 feet tall at the
shoulder.
16.
Zebras have excellent hearing and
eyesight.
17.
Underneath its hair, a zebra's skin
is black.
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| Each zebra has its own unique pattern of distinctive stripes. |
18.
Each zebra has its own unique pattern
of distinctive stripes.
19.
Zebras can run at speeds of up to 35
miles per hour.
20.
The lead male of the herd called a
stallion stays at the back of the group to defend against predators.
21.
Zebras stick together in herds.
22.
Within a herd, zebras tend to stay
together in smaller family groups.
23.
Families are generally made up of a
male, several females, and their young.
24.
When zebras are grouped together,
their stripes make it hard for a lion or leopard to pick out one zebra.
25.
Zebras often travel in mixed herds
with other grazers and browsers, such as wildebeest.
26.
Zebras communicate with facial
expressions and sounds.
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| Zebras often travel in mixed herds with other grazers and browsers, such as wildebeest. |
27.
Zebras make loud braying or barking
sounds and soft snorting sounds.
28.
Zebras position of their ears, how
wide open their eyes are, and whether they show their teeth all send a signal.
29.
As a zebra grazes, it uses its
sharper front teeth to bite the grass, and then uses its duller back teeth to
crush and grind.
30.
A zebra's teeth keep growing for its
entire life, because constant grazing and chewing wears them down.
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