Fact 134: Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?

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Fact 134: Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?

Zebras are in fact actually, black with white stripes. So now you know!

Interestingly nobody really knows why zebras have stripes there are scientists who think it might be for camouflage so predators can't see them, interestingly Charles Darwin didn't think this, and one of the other reasons for the stripes that some scientists, including Charles Darwin thought the stripes were for zebras to tell apart male and female.
One of the otherreasons I found out is, that zebra's might be to discourage flies from landing and biting them. 
All the stripes on a zebra are unique like a human finger print.



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