Zebras are herd animals that live in close-knit family groups. Within the group, zebras have a clear social hierarchy, with the dominant stallion at the top and the young foals at the bottom. The stallion is responsible for protecting the group from predators and for finding food and water. He also controls access to the females in the herd. Zebra. Zebras ( US: / ˈziːbrəz /, UK: / ˈzɛbrəz, ˈziː -/) [1] (subgenus Hippotigris) are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats. There are three living species: Grévy's zebra ( Equus grevyi ), the plains zebra ( E. quagga ), and the mountain zebra ( E. zebra ). Zebras share the genus Equus with horses and asses Zoologists believe stripes offer zebras protection from predators in a couple of different ways. The first is as simple pattern-camouflage, much like the type the military uses in its fatigue design­. The wavy lines of a zebra blend in with the wavy lines of the tall grass around it. Strategies highly successful against many predators (Estes 2012; Klingel 2013) Herbivore interactions. Zebras may open up grassland habitat for use by others. Removal of lower-quality, older-growth grass stems, sheaths, and seed heads by zebra clears the way for more selective ruminants (Hack et al. 2002; Maddock 1979; Owaga 1975) Patterns are generally considered a means of avoiding predators and attracting mates, though the reasoning behind precise colorations is likely unique to each species. Biting flies may be the primary evolutionary driver behind zebra stripes, since several fly species avoid landing on black and white striped surfaces [7]. Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard 's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier, and the leaf-mimic katydid 's wings. 3. Snort. The snort is produced when a zebra finds itself walking into possibly dangerous underbrush or tall grasses where predators may be hiding. 4. Bray or Bark. The bray or bark sounds like the drawing in and then releasing of air. The zebra makes this sound when encountering other zebras in the herd. 5. Stripes do not successfully disrupt the zebra’s body outline because it is unlikely that large predators are able to see black stripes against trees or white stripes in shafts of light in between trees. Their research determined that beyond 50m during the day, and 30m at night, zebra stripes are difficult to see. Zebras can defend their herd and territory by kicking, biting, and pushing predators. If a zebra is attacked, other zebras come to its defense and form a circle around it to ward off the predator. Why do zebra stripes protect them from predators? In a herd of zebras however, it becomes difficult for the predator to target an individual and Since then many ideas have been put on the table but only in the last few years have there been serious attempts to test them. These ideas fall into four main categories: Zebras are striped to EPWxSkj.