Tuesday, February 7, 2012

African Zebra


  Zebras are on the mind of the horse. Vosnovnom zebras live on the plains. Zebra exclusively herbivorous animal, and can eat about 50 different types of three species of zebras trav.Est Burchell zebra, Grevy's zebra and mountain zebra. Zebra is easily recognized by its stripes. For example Burchell Zebras are colored with large black and white stripes, which are located diagonally across the back and belly up to the hoof. The mane is painted vertically in line with the neck. A tail of a zebra striped with a dark brush on the end. Each individual zebra stripes as fingerprints in humans.
   Grevy's zebras that the braid then they have a narrow strip of what is conditioned by them more closely. These horizontal stripes of zebras on the hips and shoulders, and neck and legs in a slightly inclined vertical bands. The legs of these animals are short and thin.
   Representatives from Mountain zebras have stripes zebra stripes wider Grevy, and legs are longer.
   Zebra, although considered a nervous animal can be a very sociable animals and usually meets with representatives of herbivorous race. Naprmer it can be giraffes, antelope, wildebeest, buffalo, or. Zebra can often be seen in herds of these animals.
  Male zebras can weigh up to 300 pounds and have a shoulder height of about 50 inches, females of these animals a little less. Zebras can live up to 30 years, but in the wild, the figure is about 12 years due to predators.

  At the age of 3 years, the female can give birth to her first foal. The gestation period lasts about 12 months. Foal vskormlivaetsya within 6 months. For males breeding does not begin until five or six years.

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