Also – do they have white base with black stripes or black core with white hair? How did this help them survive in the wild?
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1. Zebras are not domesticated. They are particularly skittish, violent, and will not tolerate cohabitating with humans.
2. They don’t have a base of either color. That implies that they have one color “underneath” with the other color layered on top. They are white in parts, and they are black in parts. All the way through to their skin. Shave a zebra and it will still have stripes.
3. It’s an excellent example of [Dazzle Camouflage](https://clasebcn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/tip-of-the-week-culture-dazzle-camouflage-clase-bcn-01-1.jpg). The stripes make it difficult to tell where the ‘edges’ of the animal’s body begin and end. In a herd this makes it difficult to single out an individual; they all blur together. Singling out individuals is the primary MO of a predator, as a herd can trample you to death but an individual can be picked off. It would be very difficult for a predator [to single out a zebra from this image](https://www.africa-wildlife-detective.com/images/zebra-800i.jpg)
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