How did zebras get their stripes?

How did zebras get their stripes? By Deborah Byrd in Earth | August 23, 2012. The exquisite stripes on zebras have been explained in many ways. A recent explanation involves blood-sucking horseflies. Tweet. Share. Share. Pin. Mail. Share. read more

By the way, scientists used to think that zebras were white animals with black stripes, because the underbellies of some zebras are white. But it turns out that zebra embryos start out with a dark skin, and go on to develop white stripes before birth. read more

Secondly,the extinct species of plain zebra, known as the Quagga, had thewhite stripes of zebras today on the front of their bodies, but adark colored rump. The third reason is based on the shadow stripes.When the pigmented white band becomes to wide, a secondary stripestarts to emerge. read more