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Meet Tira, an unusual zebra foal born in Kenya in 2019 with a rare genetic mutation causing her to have spots instead of stripes
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time2lose lemmy.world time2lose@lemmy.world
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remon ani.social remon@ani.social
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I disagree. Those aren't spots, it simply has vertical and horizontal black stripes!

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Successful_Try543 feddit.org Successful_Try543@feddit.org
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I disagree. Those aren't spots, it simply has vertical and horizontal black stripes!

Your interpretation leads to the core question: Are Zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?

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Imke feddit.org Imke@feddit.org
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I always imagined Zebras with white base and black stripes. This looks as if it has always been white stripes on black base.

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Wolf314159 startrek.website Wolf314159@startrek.website
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Your interpretation leads to the core question: Are Zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?

They are black with white stripes. You can look it up, or you can just look closely at a zebra. I wouldn't recommend the later outside a controlled situation with protected contact though. Zebras are assholes. There's a reason they haven't been domesticated.

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Diplomjodler lemmy.world Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-08
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What did momma zebra do with the leopard in the bushes a few months ago?

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aproposnix piefed.social aproposnix@piefed.social
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Since she is/was more visible to predators, I do wonder if she's still alive.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
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I always imagined Zebras with white base and black stripes. This looks as if it has always been white stripes on black base.

Boy, I bet you feel like a sucker huh

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Imke feddit.org Imke@feddit.org
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Boy, I bet you feel like a sucker huh

Sure as taxes

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myotheraccount lemmy.world myotheraccount@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-27
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Just change border-style: dashed to solid to fix

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-30
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The controversy has always been: Is a Zebra white with black stripes, or black with white stripes? Most people would say it's the first one, but since the mutation affected it by turning the white stripes into spots, this seems to indicate that the second one is correct.

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hexdream lemmy.world hexdream@lemmy.world
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Low res zebra.

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CultLeader4Hire lemmy.world CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-28
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The controversy has always been: Is a Zebra white with black stripes, or black with white stripes? Most people would say it's the first one, but since the mutation affected it by turning the white stripes into spots, this seems to indicate that the second one is correct.

Zebras are black and white, even thier skin is striped

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