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Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Is a Zebra (Z-ebb-ra) Black With White Stripes or White With Black Stripes?




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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