Is a zebra black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?

mochyn

This site explains the patterns. Very funny actually, as white people say white with black stripes and Africans say black with white strips. http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/zebra.html Mar 21 03, 7:19 PM

Kn0thead

According to a university research associate, who was answering this question: It is generally believed that zebras are dark animals, with white stripes where the pigmentation is inhibited. The pigment of the hair is found solely in the hair and not in the skin. The reasons for thinking that they were originally pigmented animals are that (1) white horses would not survive well in the African plains or forests; (2) there used to be a fourth species of zebra, the quagga (which was overeaten to extinction in the eighteen hundreds). The quagga had the zebra striping pattern in the front of the animal, but had a dark rump; (3) when the region between the pigmented bands becomes too wide, secondary stripes emerge, as if suppression was weakening. Sorry, but I lost the e-mail address. Go to Ask.com and type in 'find zebra' and it will take you to everything you ever wanted to know about them! Mar 21 03, 7:27 PM