Talk:Plains zebra

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Home Savanna grasslands of eastern African blablabla Descrption Sleek, plump, short-legged horse with broad black and white stripes, black nose, and a short, bristle-like mane that stands up The plains zebra grazes two-thirds of the day on red oat grass, leaves, bark, roots and stems. Excellent hearing and vision help a zebra to keep alert for predators like lions and hyenas. Zebras stay in family groups of a stallion, or male, and several mares, but different families will come together in huge herds of hundreds of zebras. Herds will mingle with wildebeests, ostriches, and antelope while they graze, and even come to depend on them as additional protection against predators! Zebras are always busy and alert, and very noisy - - they make a lot of sounds!

Zebras are only about four feet tall at the shoulder!

Zebras communicate with each other! Mother zebras whinney when seperated from their foals, or babies, and nicker to warn of danger. The zebra alarm is a yelping bark they all make as they run away!

Stripes make a zebra feel right at home -- zebra stripes help to keep zebras in close-knit groups! Stripes may also help to confuse predators, but they encourage zebras to make friends with each other!


 * It states that Burchell's Zebra is another name for the plains zebra, yet Burchell's Zebra has it's own article claiming it is a subspecies of the Plains Zebra. Which one is it?

-heatsketch, September 5, 0547 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Heatsketch (talk • contribs) 09:46, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Both! Another common English name for this species is Burchell's zebra as its scientific name was once Equus burchellii (now changed in Equus quagga, after it was discovered that the Quagga is a subspecies of the Plains zebra too). That is why scientists don't use common names, because they can cause confusion as several different animals can have the same common name. Peter Maas\talk 22:08, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Corrupted text in 'Ecology' section
A paragraph in the Ecology section currently concludes with the self-contradictory sentence:
 * "Plains zebras can not survive very long without water and must be at least 25-30 kilometers from a water source."

Clearly this cannot be what was intended, but it's not obvious exactly what was. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 22:11, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Changed the sentence to say they can usually be found WITHIN 25-30 kilometers of a water source, I am almost positive that is what was intended by this sentence. 67.204.2.53 (talk) 20:42, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep, that looks more like it. Thanks. Lycaon (talk) 23:12, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

lead image
I have changed the lead image to File:Plains Zebra Equus quagga.jpg which is better lit and of better quality. Please discuss any other change or reversion --Muhammad (talk) 03:36, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * But it also has a distracting background. We really don't needs other zebras and wildebeests in the background. I'll accept the picture if you crop it, otherwise I'm changing the lede. 24.180.173.157 (talk) 03:43, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I like the new image and I do not see any problems with other zebras or wildebeests in the background.--Altaileopard (talk) 15:08, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree with Muhammad. I don't find the other animals disturbing. Zebras live in (often mixed) herds in the wild. Lycaon (talk) 16:57, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I guess the zebra and wildebeests in the background are fine. But when you first get to page you have to scroll down a little to get a full veiw of the zebra. Atleast crop it so it is more focussed. 24.180.173.157 (talk) 19:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I am sorry but the crop just doesn't work for me. The zebra looks unbalanced and the feel of the habitat present in the original is not there. Since two users support the original here and the original was selected by a number of users as a Featured picture, I am changing back to the original --Muhammad (talk) 00:34, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

File:Plains Zebra Equus quagga.jpg to appear as POTD soon
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Plains Zebra Equus quagga.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on July 3, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-07-03. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! — howcheng  {chat} 23:23, 30 June 2012 (UTC)