The alternating colour pattern of the zebra (z-ebb-ra) works
well with its native environment, deflecting up to 70 percent of the heat that
hits its body. Is the animal white with black markings or black with
white markings?
Speaking of stripes, that brings us to
the age-old question: What colour is a zebra (z-ebb-ra)? If you research this
answer, you'll quickly discover many conflicting perspectives.
Zebras
are generally
thought
to have white coats with black or brown stripes, because the stripes end at
their bellies and the inner side of the legs, which are white.
Be that however, zebras have black skin
under their white coats! Furthermore, the
coat is often described as black with white stripes. This makes sense since the
pattern is a result of pigment activation (black) and inhibition (white). That
means black is the actual colour of the fur, and the white patches are simply
the areas that lack pigmentation. To top it off, most zebras have dark skin
beneath their fur.
This all brings to mind one further
question. Are all “White” Caucasians and Europeans really Black?
Let he who is pure in colour or race speak out.
So much for “Self-identification”, colour
coding/type casting, segregation. It is time to start being "Canadian" Canadians.
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