Endangered Zebras

                                              ZEBRA

       

             There are many endangered animals in this world and there is one that lives in Africa. The zebra   some of you might say there is only one type of zebra well theres not there is three actually!

        Zebras are beautiful animals but they are endangered Habitat loss is one of the main threats that zebras face in the wild. Habitat loss is the destruction of natural habitats by people. The number of people in Africa is growing quickly. The people need food and homes. Each year, they clear huge areas of zebra habitats. To clear is to remove all the plants from an area. People clear the land to create space to plant crops and to build new homes. Crops are plants that people grow for food. When their habitats are cleared, zebras have no where to live and no food to eat.

         It is January in the African savanna, or grassland. under some acacia trees, a small group of zebras  grazes on the the yellow grass. A long-legged foal stands close to its mother. Only 2 days old, the little zebra looks fragile, or weak, but it will be able to run as fast as it's mother when she senses danger.

                                           FUN FACTS!

                                                        A little zebras strips are brown for
                                                            1 year then they are fully black.

                                        what do you think?

                                 How does a baby zebra recognize its mother?

                                          A) by the color of her legs

                                          b) by the pattern of her stripes

                                          c) by the shape of her ears

                ANSWER: its B the pattern of her stripes when a baby opens its eyes for the first time its sees its mothers strips and remembers the strips forever.

             Every morning the zebras go to get a drink and lionesses know that so when they go they are alert. The stallion the oldest male zebra always goes first to see if its safe.

                                      Sometimes the male does not see the lioness and she always attacks the baby. The mom will then leave the baby and go with the herd or will fight back to protect.

                                                                                        THANK YOU