are zebra born with stripes?

Answer 1

not often do i find questions that leave me specchless... actually its to stop landrovers from running into them when dumbasses visit africa to go on a safari. the chevron signs just won't stay stuck to their backsides, so mother nature painted them onto the zebras at birth to give us advanced warning when approaching a zebra crossing...

Answer 2

It's very rare that they are born with stripes. Usually, the native people of the country they are in go out and paint them on when they are a few days old, then have to go back out and paint them once a year . . . . you know, kinda like what we do to skunks, paint horses, and calico cats here.

Answer 3

yes, depending on their environment. zebras usually lay their eggs in the spring, when the grass is at its tallest and it's the shadows on the eggs that cause the striping--the uv radiation causes the unhatched zebra skin to darken in a striped pattern(as the grass shadows are striped). then when they hatch, they retain that pattern throughout their life. if you keep a zebra egg in full shadow until it hatches, the zebra will be all white. conversely, if you keep it in full sun, the zebra will be completely black.

Answer 4

Well, i read somewhere that they were just born white and the black stripes were on later. Maybe you should research that.

Answer 5

yes, and ach zebra has different markings, like fingerprints, none are the same

Answer 6

no they are not .they have to be in the sun its a chemical reaction

Answer 7

i read all the answers and heres the wright one.................... yes yes they are i new that when i was 6

Answer 8

i think they are. they would blend in more if they werent.

Answer 9

i hope so