My uncle who is an artisan was the first person to give me a good description of a Zebra. He used one of his Zebra Wood Carving as a model to describe the black and white stripes on the Zebra's skin. The description was so accurate that when I later saw the live animal I could identify it easily and confidently. The Zebra's stripes are its trade mark indeed.
Plain Zebra,Grev's Zebra and Mountain Zebra are the three Zebra species that are known to exist. All the three species occur in Africa. The Plains Zebra are the most plentiful and can be found virtually anywhere on the Kenyan plains and other parts of East Africa while the Grevy's Zebra are mostly found in Northern Kenya. The Plains Zebra and Grev's Zebra of Kenya have been known to coexist in the same habitat. The Mountain Zebra have their habitat in Southern and Southwestern Africa. Zebras are herbivorous and can grow up to 900 lb (410kg) or more. Being social animal, they move in herds of different sizes.
While the black and white stripe pattern makes the Zebra spectacular, the amazing facts about the stripes go beyond the beauty. For years scientists have argued about why the zebra has distinctive black and white stripes. The theories rotate around Zebra Identity and Camouflage. This article discusses these amazing theories:
- Description: Whether the Zebra's stripes are white on a black background, as some people say, or vice versa is academic. I leave it at that.
- Identity: At first glance Zebras in a herd might all look alike, but their stripe patterns are as distinctive as fingerprints are in humans. There are, indeed, scientific methods that can identify individual Zebras by comparing patterns, stripe widths and colour. Further proof that Zebra stripes are identity marks is provided by their behavior. For example, on rare occasions when unstriped Zebras are born, they tend to be ignored by the rest of the herd, confirming at least, that Zebra stripes are a passport to Zebra society. Also, when a foal is born, the mother keeps all other Zebras away from it for two to three days, until it learns to recognize her by sight, voice and smell.
- Camouflage: Scientists believe the Zebra's stripes provide camouflage in the following manner:
- The vertical stripes of a Zebra will resemble tall grass, save for the colour-grass is neither black nor white. A colour blind predator, like a lion, may, therefore, not notice a Zebra standing still in tall grass. - The Zebra stripe pattern forms a discolouration that breaks up the body outline. A herd of Zebras close together may thus appear like one large animal. The advantage of all this to the Zebra is best appreciated when you consider that the main predator for the Zebra is the lion, which is colour blind. Now, in attack, the lion must first identify the target, usually a young, old or a weakened Zebra. The Lion's eyes must then lock on the target Zebra. If, for whatever reason, the Lion is unable to achieve any of these steps, then,its stealth and ambush attack strategy is likely to be in vain.
Frequently Asked Questions
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QUESTION:
What are the difference between black out thermal insulated blackout curtain and?
Black Out Pleated Shade (paper) which is MUCH cheaper. I am trying to cool the bed room. I already have window films and vertical blind. But still my bed room is HOT.
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Hi, Blackout cellular shades are also great for blocking out the heat and light. The honeycomb shape insulates against the heat.The cheaper paper ones are more for a temporary basis for people that need a covering until they can afford more permanent ones. http://www.windowshadesblind.com/blackout-cellular-shades.htmlThermal shades and curtains both block out the heat they just provide different looks for people. Some people prefer shades and find curtains heavy and others prefer curtains. http://www.windowshadesblind.com/blackout-window-curtains.html Hope this helps.
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QUESTION:
When renting, what is considered normal wear and tear?
Our lease is coming to an end in a couple months after living here for 18 months and we want to fix anything that is not considered normal wear and tear. Eight people live here, so its worn and torn. Will we need to fix the walls where the paint has chipped off....usually from someone just bumping in to the wall (its cheap!). Will we need to have the carpet cleaned? The carpets are pretty stained in the living room area. Will we need to get the white grout in the kitchen tiles back to white? The stove looked to be almost new when we got here and now there are a few black spots that not even special cleaner seems to get off...will we be docked for that? The cheap plastic vertical blinds by the back door aren't in the best of shape either, should we replace them? The roomies decided to hang a bunch of stinkin posters in their rooms, should we cover the holes with paint or will they do that themselves without charging us? I have no idea what they mean by normal wear and tear.-
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The things that are not part of normal wear an dtear are:
1. Structural damage to walls, doors etc.
2. Big holes in walls that are due to other reasons than wall hangings.
3. Broken large fixtures.Almost everything else you have mentioned is part of normal wear and tear but to improve your chances of getting all of your secuirty deposit back, do some rigrous cleaning beforehand.
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QUESTION:
Need ideas on revamping my house?
I live in a rental apartment (cheap as heck), my furniture is unwanted from family and its mostly dark wood furniture, dark red couch, bright red striped camp chair (come kinda armchair).
I have a display cabinet that Id love to revamp its black with glass doors and its melamine, any ideas on what color I could repaint it to bring it back to life and freshen up my space? I have cream colored walls, grey vertical blinds too,-
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QUESTION:
What are some bands I should listen to?
I like classic rock, alternative, modern rock, and punk. Please don't repeat anything on the list of band I already listen to below.AC/DC
The Academy Is...
Aerosmith
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Alarm
Alice Cooper
Alice In Chains
Alien Ant Farm
The All-American Rejects
Alphaville
Anberlin
Angels & Airwaves
The Answer
Anthrax
Apocalyptica
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Atreyu
Audioslave
Augustana
Avenged Sevenfold
Bad Company
Band Of Horses
Beastie Boys
The Beatles
Beatsteaks
Beck
Billy Joel
Billy Squier
Black Sabbath
Blind Melon
Blink-182
Bloc Party
Bloodhound Gang
Blue October
Blue Öyster Cult
Blur
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bon Jovi
Boston
Box Car Racer
Brand New
The Bravery
Breaking Benjamin
Buckethead
Bush
Butthole Surfers
Cake
Candlebox
Cage The Elephant
The Cars
A Change Of Pace
Cheap Trick
Chevelle
Chiodos
Cinematic Sunrise
Circa Survive
The Clash
Clint Mansell
Coheed & Cambria
Coldplay
Collective Soul
The Cranberries
Crash Kings
Cream
Creed
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cult Of Luna
The Cure
David Bowie
David Bowie & Queen
David Gilmour
David Glen Eisley
Days Of The New
Dead Kennedys
Deaf Pedestrians
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Deftones
Depeche Mode
Dethklok
Die Toten Hosen
Dinosaur Jr.
Dire Straits
Disturbed
The Doors
DragonForce
Dream Theater
Dropkick Murphys
Drowning Pool
The Eagles
An Endless Sporadic
Entertainment System
Eric Johnson
Escape The Fate
Everclear
Explosions In The Sky
Falling Up
Finger Eleven
The Flaming Lips
Flight Of The Conchords
Flobots
Foghat
Foo Fighters
Foreigner
Fountains Of Wayne
Franz Ferdinand
The Fray
Fuel
Golden Earring
Good Charlotte
Gorillaz
Grand Funk Railroad
Grateful Dead
Guns N' Roses
Heart
Héroes Del Silencio
Hoobastank
Horse The Band
Hurt
Incubus
Interpol
INXS
J. Geils Band
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Page
John Lennon
Journey
Justice
Kansas
Kiaus
King Missile
Kings Of Leon
The Killers
Led Zeppelin
Lenny Kravitz
Less Than Jake
Linkin Park
Living Colour
The Lonely Island
Los Lobos
Lostprophets
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Manfred Mann
Mastodon
Metallica
Michael Andrews & Gary Jules
Modest Mouse
Montrose
Muse
MuteMath
My Chemical Romance
A New Found Glory
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Oasis
The Offspring
Our Lady Peace
Ours
Ozzy Osbourne
P.O.D.
Page-Plant
PANIC! At The Disco
Papa Roach
Pat Benatar
Paul Gilbert
Paul McCartney
Pearl Jam
Phoenix
Pink Floyd
Poison
The Police
Porcupine Tree
The Presidents Of The United States Of America
Psychostick
Puddle Of Mudd
The Quails
Queen
Queens Of The Stone Age
Queensrÿche
Racer X
Radio Futura
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine
Rainbow
Rammstein
The Ramones
Rancid
The Rasmus
Red
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Rise Against
Roger Waters
The Rolling Stones
Rush
SafetySuit
Santana
Santana-Steven Tyler
Saosin
School Of Fish
The Scorpions
Scott Weiland
Screaming Trees
Seether
Senses Fail
Serj Tankian
Shinedown
Silversun Pickups
Simon & Garfunkel
Simple Plan
Skid Row
Skillet
The Skoobs
Smashing Pumpkins
Social Distortion
The Sound Of Animals Fighting
Soundgarden
Sponge
Staind
Steve Miller Band
Stone Sour
Stone Temple Pilots
Stray Cats
The Strokes
Strongbad
Styx
Sublime
Sum 41
Sunny Day Real Estate
The Surfaris
Sweet
Switchfoot
System Of A Down
Talking Heads
Tenacious D
Tesla
Theory of A Deadman
Thin Lizzy
Third Eye Blind
Three Days Grace
Thrice
Tokio Hotel
Tom Lehrer
Trapt
The Trashmen
U2
Vampire Weekend
Van Halen
Velvet Revolver
Vertical Horizon
The Vines
Weezer
“Weird Al” Yankovic
The White Stripes
The Who
XYZ
The Yardbirds
Yellowcard
Yes
Zwan
ZZ Top
? And The Mysterians
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3 Doors Down
30 Seconds To Mars
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I'm not sure how to suggest because you have so much, and idon't know what's your favorite.
But how about
The Kinks. old . Little like the Beatles but awesommme too.
Yeah Yeah Yeah's- Indie rock band. cool.
Tool- Great band. Creppyy, too.
Thom Yorke- If u like radiohead, he has an album .
Slipknot.- Like heavy metal, alternative metal.
R.E.M.-Alternative Rock
Jethro Tull- Classic Rock.
Green Day- Punk ..rock.
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