I heard that zebras are actually white with black stripes can you eloborate further?
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Zebras - White Stripes or Black Stripes?\n\n© Copyright 1999, Jim Loy\n\nIs the zebra a white animal with black stripes, or a black animal with white stripes? My dictionary says that they have "black or dark-brown stripes on a whitish background." And, zebras sometimes have a light-colored belly with no stripes (usually the belly is striped, too). That would seem to settle the above question, although my encyclopedias mention black (or dark brown) and white stripes, and do not mention any background.\n\nA light-colored belly is not very strong evidence, as many animals, of many colors and species have light-colored bellies. It is not a strong indication of the true color of such animals. So, a zebra may be black with white stripes, and sometimes have a light-colored belly.\n\nHorses, while they are not descended from zebras, are related to zebras. Rarely a horse will have faint stripes. From what I can find, only dark horses, never white horses, sometimes have stripes. So, from that line of evidence, it would seem that the zebra is black with white stripes.
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In a way, yes.  On their move to New Orleans from Charlotte, they retained the teal/indigo look, but also added a yellow aspect to add to the Mardi Gras-like color scheme.  They also lightened the teal on their jerseys a little bit.
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I agree...on some forms I've seen the phrase "Euro-American" rather than "white." I wish this phrase/label was used more often.  The words black and white have such powerful connotations (white=good/pure, black=bad/evil). It should change.
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Is the answer A Zebra Crossing ?
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google zebra car i saw some
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how much do you want to spend? try an ebay search of zebras or other things you think she might like.  i get most of my christmas presents from ebay.  \n\nsome zebra ideas -- zebra purse, zebra mask to hang on the wall, zebra stuffed animal, zebra christmas ornament, zebra scarf, zebra coffee mugs, tea pots, breakfast sets -- \n\nin mexico they make alebrije -- they are animals from visions.  they look like this -- \n\nhttp://cgi.ebay.com/Zebra-Painted-Wood-Carving-Art-OAXACA-SIGNED-CG-JIMENEZ_W0QQitemZ110054106368QQihZ001QQcategoryZ13741QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem\n\nthey come in all different price ranges and some are really really nice -- \n\nok im zebraed out now -- good night.
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Yeah, pretty much a Wiger, interesting, a wolf with stripes!\nLol...Oh and hi Wolf!
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i think it's black with white stripes. Don't ask me why
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Zebras are said to have a black ground color with bold contrasting grey stripes continuing all the way down to their hooves. There are rarely any shadow stripes, except occasionally and faintly on hindquarters. Seven to ten neck stripes, and three to four vertical body stripes. Short, upright mane. Tail terminally haired. \nDoes this answer ur Q ?!
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Zebras have black stripes superimposed over white base coats.  Proof:  Zebras and horses can breed to produce offspring known as zebroids, zorses, or zebra mules.   These hybrids possess black (or dark) zebra stripes superimposed over a normal horse base coat, such as brown, bay, or palomino.  If zebra stripes were white, the zebra/horse hybrids would be expected to have white (or pale) stripes.  Additional proof:  quaggas are an “extinct” subspecies of plains zebra.  Their striping was restricted to their necks and heads (occasionally their backs, as well) and their base coats consisted of dark brown bodies, and white legs and tails.  This gave them the appearance (in darker individuals) of being largely brown with white stripes on the head and neck.  However, in an effort to rebreed the quagga, researchers take an approach which appears (to those who believe zebras are white on black) to be quite the opposite.  They are breeding zebras that are mostly white with striping limited to their necks and heads.  After a population of these “stripe-less” zebras has been established, the breeders will repeat the process, this time focusing on darkening the zebras’ bodies to the dark brown that characterizes a quagga.  It also seems that the less black stripes a zebra possesses, the darker the base coat becomes.  The striping effects observed and utilized by breeders hoping to achieve a quagga would not even exist if zebras were white on black.   (For more information regarding the Quagga Project, visit http://www.quaggaproject.org/ \n\nIn response to other answers:  A common misconception about a zebra’s true color is that it must have a black base coat because its skin is black.  Even professionals such as zookeepers readily accept this as sound reasoning.  However, only very rarely is skin color the same as the animal’s hair color.  Though pigment-less areas on most animals’ bodies will be characterized by both pink skin and white hair, this does not always hold true.  For instance, polar bears have black skin but transparent hair, and orange-furred cats have pink skin.  Within the realm of equines (the group to which zebras belong) chestnut horses have black skin though their hair produces no black pigment (only red), and champagne horses have pink skin despite having colored coats.  If zebras had pink skin to go along with their white base coat, they would be easily sunburned by the harsh African sun.  To compensate, zebras have black skin despite having a white base coat.\n\nWhy do zebras have stripes?\n\nThere are several theories. Here are a few of them:\n\nZebras have stripes to avoid predation. When a herd of zebras are running by, it is very difficult to pick out just one. All it looks like is a big, black and white, kaleidoscopic mess, not a herd of tasty equine individuals.\n\nZebras have stripes to encourage positive social interaction. It seems the stripes somehow trigger benevolent behavior among other zebras. Around the head and shoulders of most zebras, the stripes are most dense. These are areas where positive social behavior would take place, such as greeting or grooming. Around the rears of most zebras the stripes are broad and widespread. The rump is typically the site of aggressive behavior among zebras, such as nipping or kicking. \n\nZebras have stripes to avoid sunburn. It appears the stripes somehow combat UV rays.\n\nZebras have stripes to confuse parasites. Most parasites that rely on sight to find a host look for large, dark, moving bodies. By breaking up their shapes with bold stripes, zebras confuse parasites into misidentifying them as something other than a prospective host.\n\nOf course, all these things could be true. Quaggas are an extinct subspecies of plains zebra that lacked all striping on its body, retaining it only on its head and neck. Because the quagga was out of the range of the tsetse fly (a main zebra parasite), it is possible the body stripes receded because they simply
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yes, there is a home i saw in a nearby town, out in the pasture with a couple of horses was a zebra. looked strange seeing one outside a zoo, but they all looked content.
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No.  Barcodes are black and white.
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Zoologists used to believe that the stripes act as a camouflage mechanism or that they play a role in social interactions, with slight variations of the pattern allowing the animals to distinguish between individuals. However, more recent experiments have led them to believe that the disruptive coloration is an effective means of confusing the visual system of the blood-sucking tsetse fly.
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a zebra's pattern differs the same way our fingerprnts does.  you can tell "who's who" in the zebra world by their stripes.
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no but i might be able to find some white ones, why do they have to be all black and why do they have to be called african american.\n\nTeddy Roosevelt would be mad at you
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they are only horses with paint jobs. my dad used to paint em, black stripes on the white horses and white stripes on the black horses. its all true i promise
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I wanted to be a Zebra and that hasn't really worked out.