Although it looks like zebras have hundreds of stripes, that is not true. A zebra has an average of around 50 to 86 stripes. This can vary depending on the species of zebra. Zebras that have lesser strips are considered to be rare and are endangered as well. The coolest thing about zebra stripes is that no two are the same.

Flexi Says: Zebras are members of one of three species in the Equus family, which also contains horse and donkey species. The three species of zebras are Equus zebra (mountain zebra), Equus quagga (plains zebra), and Equus grevyi (Grevy’s zebra). All zebras are striped, hooved herbivores native to African grasslands.

Some have posited that the pattern helped to protect zebras from predators such as lions or hyenas. Others suggest that through "dazzle camouflage" the zebras' stripes help to distort a predator's
Biting flies are disoriented by the stripes and often fail to land on zebras. It turns out a zebra's flashy black and white coat has nothing to do with camouflaging it from big predators and
Caro thinks his findings may have nailed the answer at last. Caro looked at seven species of equids and scored them for number and intensity of stripes. Just to be sure, they tested all five
Stripes might not offer protection for animals living in groups, such as zebra, as previously thought, according to research. Humans playing a computer game captured striped targets more easily
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