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Article: The secret of the stripe. (types of zebras are differentiated by their stripe pattern)
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- U.S. Kids
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Children's Better Health Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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What's black and white and black and white and black and white and may be invisible in plain sight?
If you guessed the zebra, you'd be right!
The zebra is known for its black-and-white stripes. However,some zebra's stripes are actually brown, beige, gray, or yellow. A zebra's coloring depends on the time of year, the age of the zebra, and where it lives. And, like human fingerprints, no two zebras' stripe patterns are identical.
You might think that their stripes would make zebras stand out in the stony mountains, grassy woodlands, and open plains of Africa where they roam. But when zebras stand close together, their striped skin can play ...