Zebras

[BruceV8]

I have a vague recollection of seeing old photos - from Kenya at the turn of the 20th century I think - showing zebras harnessed to pull a carriage and another of them jumping a fence with a rider. But I also remember reading somewhere that zebras can't be tamed or domesticated. (mind you they used to say that about African elephants and they have since been tamed).

Do you think that if you reared a zebra foal among domestic horses it would think it was a horse and would behave like one? I hope so, because I know you can buy zebras at game auctions in South Africa. And I would love to annoy some of the more stuck up horsey types that I've come across by entering one into a showjumping ring or dresasage test. Or even a polo match.

What does PH think?

[jammiedodger26]

Surely the more pressing question is:

Zebras - black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?

[zebra]

Mrs Zebra is domesticated but I have had to accept failure in terms of taming her.

[i remember]

jammiedodger26 said:

Surely the more pressing question is:

Zebras - black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?

white with black stripes, no question!

Oh and is this a zebra or a horse?

Zorse

Edited by i remember on Wednesday 27th October 17:02

[TotalControl]

zebra said:

Mrs Zebra is domesticated but I have had to accept failure in terms of taming her.

[BruceV8]

TotalControl said:

zebra said:

Mrs Zebra is domesticated but I have had to accept failure in terms of taming her.

And another

[BruceV8]

Found the pics I was thinking of:

[omgus]

BruceV8 said:

Found the pics I was thinking of:

As you can see they can be tamed but are still very flighty, and very strong. There was a craze for domesticating wild animals, cheetahs are alledgedly very dog-like in temprament, I always wanted one as a kid to fetch my Aerobie.

[Roo]

BruceV8 said:

Found the pics I was thinking of:

I'm sure the guy who used to own Maidstone zoo used to do similar.

[Roo]

Where the hell did this forum suddenly appear from?

[CrashTD]

I have eaten Zebra before.

[madbadger]

CrashTD said:

I have eaten Zebra before.

So have I. It tastes like Horse.

The pic above is painted horses. White horses and black paint. If they used a badger hair shaving brush to do the painting it would have been more convincing. Or painted white stripes onto a black horse.

[HereBeMonsters]

CrashTD said:

I have eaten Zebra before.

Yep, on the same night I ate 14 different kinds of animal. It was a wonderful, joyous occasion.

[BruceV8]

I've also eaten zebra, in Kenya.

According to Wikipedia, the carriage pic is real zebras. They belonged to Lord Rothschild and he used them in London in 1907.

[road hog]

doh

nobody else seen "racing stripes" then..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjYd51_zoVk

[lambysdad]

What's black and white and eats like a horse.........

[omgus]

lambysdad said:

What's black and white and eats like a horse.........

HTH