Why do zebras have black and white stripes?
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Puffin The Herb
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ran out of color so they got left with black and white
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The vertical stripes help them to blend in with the long grass around them, making it harder for predators to see them.
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So that they are provided camouflage in places that have tall grasses, like where they live. This is a perfect example of evolution - those who had this trait were more likely to pass their black & white genes on to the next generation, since they were still alive, being more hidden and all.
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Because they would look ridiculous with green and purple stripes.
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According to wikipedia: Zebras are black with white stripes and their bellies have a large white blotch for camouflage purposes
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At the end of an almighty bender the chimps thought that Horsey would be a good target for a paint-up as he had been passed out since 8:30pm. just gone midnight and the black paint came out - rest is history!!
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because they would get laughed at if they were hot pink and split pea green.
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It's camouflage. Not that the tall grasses are black and white but that when they are all running together it makes it very difficult for predators to single one out visually as it's just a blur of stripes moving. And their main predator is the lion and they are color blind so they can't tell they are black and white. Also the color helps to keep away the tsetse fly.
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It was born with them i think.
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you that is just a dumb question because it was born with it............... or was it?
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