I mean I know everyone will perfer a camel but come on what about zebras?
2007-02-06 03:59:45 · 8 answers · asked by jack 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
They are vicious and unpredictable and it takes a lot of effort to train them to a stage where you can saddle or harness them. That is why they have never been domesticated. their body does not take the shape of a saddle too well. There are zebra crosses that you could probably ride like the zorse{a zebra x horse} or a zonkey {zebra x donkey}. Zebras are pack animals and they are hunted in the wild so they run in a zig zag pattern not in a straight line. It would take years of training to teach a zebra to run straight..lol...They also have very strong necks and hard mouths so getting them to do what you want would be tough. In the movie Racing Stripes that was a real zebra they were riding not a horse painted up. According to Ripleys Believe It or Not only one zebra has ever been domesticated. That must be the one.
2007-02-06 04:06:30 · answer #1 · answered by nappy_roots_girl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, some people have ridden zebras. Actual zebras were ridden in the movie Racing Stripes. "http://movies.about.com/od/racingstripes/a/racinghp010505.htm".
Zebras are not vicious. They are, however, not domesticated animals (in other words, they have not been artificially selected through breeding for traits desirable in an animal used for riding.) A zebra may bite, but some horses bite, too.
2007-02-06 05:37:15 · answer #2 · answered by Behaviorist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was that movie, Racing Stripes, about the zebra.. on a farm, i think, who saw the race horses and wanted to be like them so he BECAME one.. Im not sure, its been a few years since i saw it, but people did ride him, and he was a zebra, and I did see that.. so yes and yes and yes, lol.
2016-05-23 23:44:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zebras are more Wild and Vicious than any riding Animals because Zebras are Born to be wild on Savannah.
2007-02-06 04:09:03 · answer #4 · answered by DaRkAngeL XIII 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope yeah can't ride a zebra ... they won't let you.
Anytime you see someone riding a zebra in a movie it's really a white horse with black stripes.
2007-02-06 04:08:30 · answer #5 · answered by Sam 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ever seen the movie, 'Swiss Family Robinson'?
2007-02-06 05:14:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only are they not easy to train, but the structure of their backs isn't built for that kind of weight.
2007-02-06 07:21:28 · answer #7 · answered by Brian H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are rideable,but very hard to train.
2007-02-06 04:08:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋