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zebras - Coggle Diagram
zebras
diet
but they also eat bark, herbs.
zebras eat mostly different types of grass,
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They are also known to eat shrubs, herbs, twigs, leaves and bark.
life span
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In those cases, they can often live for up to 40 year
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Habitat
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Though they all live in Africa, each species of zebra has its own home area.
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Appearance
Size, marking patterns and skills vary slightly to reflect the evolution of each type of zebra within its unique habitat.
All three species feature black-and-white stripes, long, slender legs and strong incisor teeth.
Special Features
Until recently, it was widely believed that zebras’ black and white stripes kept them cool.
Two main theories still remain; that the contrasting colours help create an optical illusion which confuses predators or that the pattern discourages flies from landing on the zebra.
Defence
Some have suggested that the stripes may help zebras camouflage themselves and escape from lions and other predators; avoid nasty bites from disease-carrying flies; or control body heat by generating small-scale breezes over the zebra's body when light and dark stripes heat up at different rates.