Took my daughter to the zoo today. When she saw the Zebra she asked if the skin was white with black stripes or black with white stripes. Advice needed.

The answer to this question comes down to perspective. Many zoologists would say that a zebra is white because its stripes end towards the belly and the belly is mostly white. Others would say that a zebra is black because if you shaved all the fur off a zebra the skin is mostly black. So it really depends on how you want to look at it.

NOW YOU KNOW!

http://www.sciencebob.com/lab/q-zebrastripes.html

In a country like LOS this can indeed be a loaded question. White with added black or black with added white. Advise your daughter to tread carefully with this one at school!

most probably in the zoo they are painted donkey, with paint from the car-painter arround the corner, thats cheaper than the original zebras.

Tell your child "don´t belive that fake zebras".

By the way I have a rolex here for sale.....

Is that a spelling mistake in the headline....?

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redrus

An American university (can't remember which one) received a research grant of $Xmillions to find the answer to this very question. After about 4 years of research, the findings were published - some are white with black stripes and some are black with white stripes

That all seems clear now. Thank you all for your intelligent replies. Well done REDRUS, wondered if anybody would spot it. Just testing you all.

That all seems clear now. Thank you all for your intelligent replies. Well done REDRUS, wondered if anybody would spot it. Just testing you all.

Yeah yeah, one finger typing at ages 64, 68, 72, 82 and 84....!

redrus