Rare Polka-Dotted Zebra Foal In Kenya

[Beringia]

https://nypost.com/2019/09/18/rare-spotted-zebra-spotted-at-kenyan-wildlife-reserve/

[pangaia]

1. Wow, beautiful !

[JDC]

2. Neat!

TY for posting.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. What a beautiful little creature.

[3catwoman3]

4. I did not know such an enchanting...

...creature existed.

[jberryhill]

5. Does this fulfill a prophecy that we'll soon be rid of Trump?

[Fla Dem]

6. I hope they chip him and protect him.

[ailsagirl]

7. What a cute little long-legged critter!

The obligatory bird atop its back apparently thinks so too.

[ChazInAz]

8. Well....

I guess zebras are black animals with white stripes.
Always wondered about that.

[Karadeniz]

9. Never, ever heard of such a thing!...thanks for sharing!

[gristy]

10. Very nice

But why the music? Did not the camera have a microphone? So that we might have heard the wind, the zebras making their noise, maybe some birds?

And, yes. This is a pet peeve of mine!

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

11. Melanistic

A melanistic zebra (more black than normal). The opposites are leucistic, more white than normal. Like white tigers, leucistic critters are not albino, as they don't have red eyes.

I saw a study that suggested why they are striped, because it messes with the vision of biting flies. In Japan, researchers spay painted white stripes on a bunch of black cows to study that.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/study-cows-zebra-stripes-flies_n_5d9d4b57e4b02c9da040c7da

This poor fellow will get more than his fair share of bites.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. I read that the stripes are sorta like camoflounge in the herd

When being chased, it is supposed to make it more difficult for lions to distinguish the indiv. animal in the moving pattern of stripes.

dunno, but that sure is a cute pattern on the foal. Had no idea it was possible.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

12. He looks like a zebra fawn

He's so adorable I am going to squee to death. I hope nobody hurts that sweet zebra.

[keithbvadu2]

14. Fake zebras

Fake zebras

https://article.wn.com/view/2018/07/27/Egyptian_Zoo_Tries_To_Pass_Off_Painted_Donkeys_As_Zebras/

[DFW]

15. Looks like his mama had a secret affair with an Okapi........ n/t

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

16. To quote Ian, "Nature finds a way". n/t