20 Interesting facts about zebra.

Here are some of the interesting facts about zebra:

Fact 1:Wild zebras live in Africa

Fact 2:Zebras are one of a handful of single-toed hoofed animal species

Fact 3:Zebras can be 3.5-5 feet high and weigh between 440-990 pounds

Fact 4: The plains zebra remains the most widespread and abundant equid on Earth

Fact 5:In 1882, the emperor of Abyssinia sent a zebra as a gift to the president of France at the time, Jules Grevy and the grevy’s zebra is named after him.

Fact 6:The Grevy’s zebra is the largest wild member of the horse family.

Fact 7:A ‘zebdonk’ is a cross between a Burchell’s zebra and a donkey.

Fact 8:When zebras are grouped together, their stripes make it hard for a lion or leopard to pick out one zebra to chase.

Fact 9:Common plain zebras have tails around half a metre in length

Fact 10: Zebras sleep standing up

Fact 11:Plains zebras number at around 750,000.

Fact 12:In Native American shamanism, the zebra is the symbol of balance

Fact 13:Just like human fingerprints, a zebra’s stripe pattern is unique to the individual.

Fact 14: They live 20-30 years in the wild and up to 40 years in captivity.

Fact 16:Zebras are social animals that spend time in herds.

Fact 15:When a foal is born the mother keeps all other zebras away from it for 2 or 3 days, until it learns to recognize her by sight, voice and smell.

Fact 17:Zebra can run up to 65km/h.

Fact 18:Zebras are important prey for lions and hyenas

Fact 19:Male zebra is called stallion and female mare.

Fact 20:While the plains zebra breeds throughout the year, peak numbers of births mostly occur during the wet season.