ZZ Zebra
Name one threat to zebras?
Zebras face severe threats primarily driven by human activity, including habitat loss from agricultural expansion, livestock competition, and urbanization. Illegal hunting for skins and meat, along with environmental factors like droughts and natural predation (lions, hyenas, crocodiles), further threatens zebra populations.
Zebras are part of which animal family?
A) Horse
B) Cat
C) Dog
D) Cow
A) Horse
As members of the horse family (Equidae), they share terminology with horses, where adult females are mares, young are foals, and they live in groups known as herds.
FRIACA
AFRICA
What continent do we find wild zebras?
A) Africa
B) North America
C) Asia
D) Europe
A) Africa
They live in various parts of Africa. The Grevy’s zebra lives in the semi-arid grassland habitat of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Mountain zebras, as their name states, live in rocky, arid slopes in Namibia and Angola. Plains zebras are the species with the largest range and are found from South Sudan and southern Ethiopia as far east as the Nile River, and as far south as southern Angola and northern Namibia and northern South Africa
How many legs do zebras have?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
D) 4
Zebras have four legs and use them to walk, run, and defend themselves against predators with powerful kicks.
Zebras are mammals
True or false
True
Zebras are classified as mammals because they are warm-blooded vertebrates, have hair (stripes), breathe air, nourish their young with milk and give birth to live young.
A group of zebras can be called?
A) A gaggle
B) A murder
C) A herd
D) A flock
C) A herd
A group of zebras can be called a herd, dazzle or zeal.
Riddle
I look like a horse, but I wear a black and white striped pajama suit to blend into the African savanna. What am I?"
A zebra
What do zebras mainly eat?
A) Meat
B) Fruits
C) Grass
D) Fish
C) Grass
Zebras are herbivores that primarily eat grass, grazing for many hours a day.
Each zebra has a unique, fingerprint-like stripe pattern.
True or false
True
Every zebra has a completely unique stripe pattern, much like human fingerprints.
What is a male zebra called?
A) A jack
B) A stallion
C) A bull
D) A buck
B) A stallion
A male zebra is called a stallion.
All zebra species live in herds
True or False
False
Grevy’s zebras do not have a herd system, and males and females have no permanent bonds.
Which one of these is not a species of zebra?
A) Grevy's zebra
B) Striped zebra
C) Mountain zebra
D) Plains zebra
B) Striped zebra
What are zebras?
A) Omnivores
B) Carnivores
C) Herbivores
D) None of the above
C) Herbivores
Zebras are herbivores that primarily eat grass, grazing for many hours a day, but their diet also includes leaves, twigs, shrubs, and bark, especially when grass is scarce.
Zebras can sleep standing up
True or false
True
Yes, zebras can and do sleep standing up utilizing a special "stay apparatus" to lock their knee joints and doze without falling. This adaptation allows for rapid escapes from predators.
Zebra teeth stop growing once they have reach adulthood.
True or False
False
Zebras have teeth that never stop growing. Zebra teeth keep growing for their entire life because constant grazing wears them down.
The skin underneath zebra fur is white
True or false
False
Zebras are actually black animals with white stripes. While their fur has both black and white stripes, the underlying skin is entirely black.
What are two of the main predators to zebras?
A) Giraffes and hyenas
B) Rhinos and hyenas
C) Lions and rhinos
D) Lions and hyenas
D) Lions and hyenas
The two main predators of zebras are lions and spotted hyenas.
Which species of Zebra is the smallest?
A) Grevy's zebra
B) Plains zebra
C) Striped zebra
D) Mountain zebra
B) Plains zebra
The Plains zebra is the most abundant and the smallest of the three zebra species.
How fast are zebras approximately?
A) 20 kilometers per hour
B) 45 kilometers per hour
C) 65 kilometers per hour
D) 80 kilometers per hour
C) 65 kilometers per hour
Zebras can run up to 65 kilometers per hour.
Which zebra species has a dewlap (loose skin under throat)?
A) Plains zebra
B) White zebra
C) Mountain zebra
D) Grevy's zebra
C) Mountain zebra
Mountain zebras (both Cape and Hartmann’s subspecies) are the only zebra species featuring a dewlap, a distinct fold of loose skin under the throat, which is more prominent in males.
GEITNERES
SERENGETI
Which species of Zebra is the largest?
A) Mountain zebra
B) Grant's zebra
C) Grevy's zebra
D) Plains zebra
C) Grevy's zebra
The Grevy’s zebra is the largest, weighing from 770 to 990 pounds and measuring up to 5 feet at the shoulder.
What are zebra black and white stripes used for?
A) Insect repellent
B) Individual fingerprints
C) Camouflage
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Zebras are remarkable African equids known for their unique black-and-white striped coats, which act as individual fingerprints, camouflage, and deterrents against biting flies.
When can zebra foals (babies) start to walk?
A) 20 minutes after birth
B) 40 minutes after birth
C) 60 minutes after birth
D) 2 hours after birth
A) 20 minutes after birth
Their legs are already almost as long as an adult zebra’s and they can walk just 20 minutes after birth and can run after an hour.