2006-10-03 19:28:48 · 17 answers · asked by charlie 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
This dialog from 'A Moment of Science" is very helpful, and fun.
http://amos.indiana.edu/library/scripts/zebra.html
this is an interview with the star of Racing Stipes..Very interesting..her telling about riding the zebra>
It was so fun because, you know, zebras are very different than horses. They each have their own personalities and it’s very interesting to see. But they’re a little more temperamental. You’ve got your nice ones and you’ve got your horrible ones, and you’ve got your totally crazy ones.
http://movies.about.com/od/racingstripes/a/racinghp010505.htm
But it’s very different than riding a horse.
They’re very slow animals actually, zebras. Very slow. Unless you stick a lion behind them and even then they won’t even run in a straight line. They’ve got really tough mouths, so it was me sitting there and you would have to tug. Whereas with a horse, you can just sort of glide them along. They walk in zigzag lines and you would have to tug to get them to stop. Some of the ones that we had were so sweet and so well trained it was amazing. [It was] amazing what we did with these zebras. Nobody ever expected it.
2006-10-03 19:58:54 · answer #1 · answered by Chetco 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes it really was a zebra in the film Racing Stripes. Zebras are wild animals though and they aren't domesticated like cats dogs and horses. So they still have wild instincts and require more patient training than a horse would.
2006-10-04 02:36:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can ride a zebra. They have a very nice gait. Better than a horse. I rode my first zebra at the circus when I was little. Since then I have ridden 2 elephants, 3 camels, and a bison. (yes, that is a Buffalo) I have raised 3 tigers, a cheetah and over 54 different parrot species....
2006-10-04 02:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by Jusme 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know the movie, but yes, you can ride a Zebra just like a horse or mule or donkey
2006-10-04 02:30:16 · answer #4 · answered by The::Mega 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I saw a photo once of a nineteenth century missionary riding a zebra. They don't have very strong backs, though.
2006-10-04 02:45:12 · answer #5 · answered by Lick_My_Toad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can ride a zebra.
2006-10-04 02:41:45 · answer #6 · answered by Phlodgeybodge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can ride a zebra. But, they are naturally smaller and weaker than horses.
2006-10-04 02:31:18 · answer #7 · answered by Elliot C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and yes...I have have a friend that owns one, it really weird to watch someone ride one in person...She breeds Zonkeys half zebras half Donkeys////Also there is a place in San Diego that breeds Zorses, half zebra half horse...
2006-10-04 02:35:35 · answer #8 · answered by ABBYsMom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i saw that but if it really was a zebra they would have to like digitally fix it so he goes faster since tey aren't as strong. it might have been a pony with black stripes. and they are hardeer too train and less popular than horses. and if you were thinking ofa ebra 4get it.
2006-10-04 15:35:53 · answer #9 · answered by henna<3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can ride a zebra, they're like mules and hinnies. i think you can go on special zebra safaris in africa
2006-10-05 11:58:24 · answer #10 · answered by Lizzie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋