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| Thread ID: 80164 | 2007-06-13 12:37:00 | Zebra | Sweep (90) | PC World Chat |
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| 558807 | 2007-06-13 12:37:00 | Now I believe a Zebra has four legs and is domiciled in the continent of Africa. Could any person here explain whether a Zebra is basically a white animal with black markings or a black animal with white markings? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 558808 | 2007-06-13 13:01:00 | First line here (en.wikipedia.org) says they're white with black stripes. | sal (67) | ||
| 558809 | 2007-06-13 13:10:00 | First line here (en.wikipedia.org) says they're white with black stripes. Thank you for that link Sal. Something I have been curious about. I did read all the article. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 558810 | 2007-06-13 19:43:00 | First line here (en.wikipedia.org) says they're white with black stripes.:confused: It said they are black with white stripes Incidentally, if we were truly pedantic, the first line in that article actually reads 'Zebra' :p |
Myth (110) | ||
| 558811 | 2007-06-13 19:46:00 | Since this seems to be the silly question thread. heres one I thought about last week: If there were a hole running through the centre of this planet (and for this question disregard the molten inner core etc), that comes out the other side; if you fell into that hole, where would you be when you stopped falling? (gravity plays a large part in this question) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 558812 | 2007-06-14 00:08:00 | And some tiger trivia: " few people know these stripes extend through to the skin. This is often noted by zoo veterinarians when they shave off sections of the coat to carry out surgery. The skin of the white tiger is a bluish colour, also complete with stripes." (attributed (www.lairweb.org.nz)) | johcar (6283) | ||
| 558813 | 2007-06-14 07:06:00 | First line here (en.wikipedia.org) says they're white with black stripes.:confused: It said they are black with white stripes Didn't when I checked. Maybe the rules changed overnight... |
sal (67) | ||
| 558814 | 2007-06-14 09:12:00 | Someone removed this line Zebras are white with black stripes and their bellies have a large white blotch for camouflage purposes (depending on the breed, as some have white stripe on black, though this is much rarer). And changed it to be black with white stripes...which the origional line said was a very rare version, someone needs to look into that one. |
Faded_Mantis (79) | ||
| 558815 | 2007-06-14 11:07:00 | Someone removed this line And changed it to be black with white stripes...which the origional line said was a very rare version, someone needs to look into that one. Wikipedia may be changed by any person. So is it white on black or black on white? As seen just now:- Zebras are black with white stripes and their bellies have a large white blotch for camouflage purposes.[1] These stripes are typically vertical on the head, neck, forequarters, and main body, with horizontal stripes at the rear and on the legs of the animal. The "zebra crossing" is named after the zebra's white and black stripes |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 558816 | 2007-06-14 11:45:00 | Since this seems to be the silly question thread. heres one I thought about last week: If there were a hole running through the centre of this planet (and for this question disregard the molten inner core etc), that comes out the other side; if you fell into that hole, where would you be when you stopped falling? (gravity plays a large part in this question) When you stopped "falling", or rather, moving, you will be at the centre of the earth as the net force acting on you at that point would be zero. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
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