are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?

Question

i need to know i've tried looking it up but im not to good with the searching thing. i've always wondered and hopefully you guys can help me...thanks

Answer 1

Black with white stripes.

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They are black with white stripes. These stripes are typically vertical on the head, neck, forequarters, and main body, with horizontal stripes at the rear and on the legs of the animal. The zebra crossing is named after the zebra's white on black stripes

Answer 2

Female Zebras white with black stripes.
Male Zebras black with white stripes.

Answer 3

I dont know but according to Alex the Lion from Madagascar Zebras are white with black stripes :)

Answer 4

They are white with black stripes. Picture link below.

Answer 5

They're white with black stripes. There's more white than black.

Answer 6

white with black stripes

Answer 7

white with black stripes...look at the back end, where the stripes run out.

Answer 8

white with black stripes.

Answer 9

YES


if you go from their nose to body it looks like their stripes it looks like black with white stripes http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~kantner/zebras/pictures/ZEBRA99.JPG ................but if you look at the feet up it looks like white with black stripes, http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~kantner/zebras/pictures/ZEBRA5.JPG from their butt end it looks like white with black stripes. http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~kantner/zebras/pictures/ZEBRAS04.JPG

"Officially" their are supposed to be black with white stripes but I cannot really tell either, by the above stuff

Answer 10

There's no black or white, only different shades of grey