While the black and white stripe pattern makes the zebra spectacular, the amazing facts about the stripes go beyond the beauty. For years scientists have argued about why the zebra has distinctive black and white stripes. The theories rotate around Zebra Identity and Camouflage. This article discusses these amazing theories:
Plain Zebra,Grev’s zebra and Mountain Zebra are the three Zebra species that are known to exist. Africa is the home of all these species. While the Plain Zebra occurs in many parts of Kenya and parts of East Africa,Grevy’s Zebra is mainly found in Northern Kenya.The former outnumbers the other two zebra species. The Plains Zebra and Grev’s Zebra of Kenya have been known to coexist in the same habitat. The Mountain Zebra have their habitat in Southern and Southwestern Africa. Zebras are herbivorous and can grow up to 900 lb (410kg) or more. Being social animal, they move in herds of differe
– The vertical stripes of a zebra will resemble tall grass, save for the colour-grass is neither black nor white. To a colour blind preditor like a Lion,therefore, the zebra will perfectly merge with the grass and be invisible especially when it is not moving. – The zebra stripe pattern forms a discolouration that breaks up the body outline. A herd of Zebras close together may thus appear like one large animal. The advantage of all this to the Zebra is best appreciated when you consider that the main predator for the Zebra is the lion, which is colour blind. Now, before the Lion initiates an
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