Zebras are Amazing
Safari photos tend to be dominated by the lions, leopards, hyenas, elephants & hippos, mass migrations, all amazing animals. But Zebras, these wild striped horses are the quiet underdogs. This guy was hanging out with his herd, known as a dazzle, grazing as they do for 70% of the day, quietly but warily amongst the trees. I've seen them in zoos but seeing them on the wild plains of Sabi Sands Africa, potential prey, as everything is on the plains, made me see them differently. They are an amazing animal. Unique. Fascinating.
Fun fact #1 - they have black skin, and grow the white stripes (there is probably an official scientific word for that but I understand "grow")
Fun Fact #2 - a sad one, but fact of life , 50% won't survive to see maturity. As our guide told us once, nothing dies of old age on the plains. Life at its rawest.
On a happier note, they can bray like donkeys, that would be a fun thing to do :)
Happy Friday & happy braying out there. Go on try it, its fun :))
Zebras are Amazing
Safari photos tend to be dominated by the lions, leopards, hyenas, elephants & hippos, mass migrations, all amazing animals. But Zebras, these wild striped horses are the quiet underdogs. This guy was hanging out with his herd, known as a dazzle, grazing as they do for 70% of the day, quietly but warily amongst the trees. I've seen them in zoos but seeing them on the wild plains of Sabi Sands Africa, potential prey, as everything is on the plains, made me see them differently. They are an amazing animal. Unique. Fascinating.
Fun fact #1 - they have black skin, and grow the white stripes (there is probably an official scientific word for that but I understand "grow")
Fun Fact #2 - a sad one, but fact of life , 50% won't survive to see maturity. As our guide told us once, nothing dies of old age on the plains. Life at its rawest.
On a happier note, they can bray like donkeys, that would be a fun thing to do :)
Happy Friday & happy braying out there. Go on try it, its fun :))