Zebras do eat lots of grass, but they need nutritionally poor grass that should be low in sugar. read more
Other grasses zebras eat include Cenchrus ciliaris and Cynodon catylon. There is some variation in the diets of different types of Zebras as well. Grevy’s zebra eat very coarse grass that many other animals in the horse family can’t digest at all. Grevy’s zebra also eats highly fibrous grasses with tough textures like Eleusine jaegeri. read more
The mountain zebra eats mostly tufted grass. They like Themeda triandra grass in particular, but they also eat many other types as well. Certain types of zebras might eat fruit, shoots, buds, corn stems and the roots of plants. Zebras also need to drink water daily in order to survive. Due to their diets, zebras mostly live on or near grasslands. They do a considerable amount of grazing during any particular day. read more
Zebras are strictly terrestrial herbivores and they predominantly feed on shrubs, herbs, twigs, leaves, several fallen fruit, aquatic vegetation, cultivated crops, roots, bark, but they prefer to eat green shoots. Even the diet of low-nutritional quality fulfills their dietary needs because of their adaptable digestive system. read more