Zebra Facts

Burchell Zebra

Scientific name: Equus burchellii

Lifespan: Both men and women live 35.

Weight: 300-320 kg for both sexes.

Sexual differentiation: The male and female are of similar size. male genitalia is not always are visible, it is very difficult to see the difference. A clear difference between the black vertical stripe buttocks. The male has a very narrow band about 1 inch wide and the female has a band of about 2 or 3 inches wide.

social group

The collective name used for a group of zebras is called a flare. "There are two groups Zebra living in. The first is the harem. A harem consists of one dominant male, 5 or 10 times more females and their offspring.

The second social group is the herd degree range in size from three or more. The bachelor herd consists of single men who tend to follow the different harems all at a safe distance. The men occasionally leave their bachelor herds to join the harem to challenge the dominant male of female.

Fighting men involves many kicks and bites until one or the other gives up. Once the man is expelled from the previous dominant male often kill all still young foals dependent on its mother's milk by kicking and biting them too death.

The reason is that the male is that young women remain the milk is not in the "heat", but later lost her child is ready to mate.

After a successful mating of the female are pregnant for 12 months. After giving birth the newborn foal will depend on their mother's milk for almost a year before any withdrawal.

Females can give birth at any time of year.

Food:

Zebras are grazers, often along with food wildebeest. Wildebeest prefer to feed on the grass shorter, whereas zebra prefer more herbs. After the zebra has chewed off the clumps of grass, the wildebeest often follow after the zebra to chew off the shorter tufts back.

Many other herbivores such as giraffes, impalas and wild boar, you can even see near the feeding zebra. In addition they also feed on grass, can be a security zebra a keen sense of smell, hearing, sight and are very attentive in your environment that makes it more difficult for predators to approach them without being seen.

The more animals there are other, more zebra is that there is less probability of a predator picking them up in a chase.

The closest relative of Zebra:

Besides horses that relatives of zebra, the closest relative is quite strange is rhino. They have the same formula teeth, bone structure and a similar item his life had similar shaped feet, the rhino having more horse the way of the feet.

Health:

It is very difficult see if a zebra is in good condition or not, as always round belly as a result of all greenhouse gases inflate the stomach. When there is a shortage of grass or drought, zebra are always well fed with their large gas-filled stomach.

A clear sign of ill health is to look at the mane of hair on the neck zebra. If the mane of hair is stiff and erect, the zebra is generally in good condition. If the mane-hair flops, there may be something wrong with the animal. When a zebra falls ill, begins to lose fat around their neck first. The fat in the neck has a mane of hair and if you burn the hair begins to flop.

Domestication Zebra:

It is possible to domesticate zebra and through the years zebra have been used by farmers for pulling carts and farm machinery, well as for pulling coaches and cars. It is also possible to mount a zebra would be like riding. Unable to mount on a zebra as there would be a risk break your back. The backs of most horses have a very deep bond with a maximum of comfort in the saddle again when the zebra is more intense. behind the horse bone setting a loser in the other things back more flexible to allow a greater impact in the back while running fast. The spine is zebra connector closer thus less flexible making it risky to ride hard without breaking your back.

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