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minus-squareSpaceNoodlelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93·17 days agoZebras have black skin. They are black with white stripes.
minus-squareGerudo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·17 days agoThat’s only big zebra propaganda
minus-squareEnchiladaRaisins@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·17 days agoYes. Shortly after birth.
minus-squarela508linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·17 days agoTheir body is smaller but a newborn zebra foal’s legs are almost as long as an adult’s. This is to help them keep up and also to make it harder to spot them among the herd, as lions tend to target the young and infirm.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·17 days agoThey’re black with white and black stripes.
minus-squarecockmushroom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·17 days agoAre white people stripey, too?
minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·17 days agoAll humans are stripey, it’s just that the lines are usually invisible. NSFW
minus-squareDearthlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·17 days agoI think they’re visible to certain wavelengths of light?
minus-squareSpaceNoodlelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·17 days agoOK? I still wanna see them
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoChange my to your and this has some very weird serial killer vibes I want to see your stripes
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoHey, I’ll take authentically creepy over dishonest ‘normal’ behavior any day Edit: unless you want to see my stripes
minus-squareapplebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 days agohuh. looks kinda like where my stretch marks from eds wound up.
minus-squareMurse@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·17 days agoThere’s also Langar’s Lines, which are a large factor in where your surgeon decides to cut!
minus-squareVenator@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 days agoWhite horses can have black skin too…
minus-squareSpaceNoodlelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·17 days agoYou mean black horses with one big, white stripe?
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoThat opens the door to a lot of interesting grooming possibilities
Zebras have black skin. They are black with white stripes.
That’s only big zebra propaganda
Are there small zebras?
Yes. Shortly after birth.
Their body is smaller but a newborn zebra foal’s legs are almost as long as an adult’s. This is to help them keep up and also to make it harder to spot them among the herd, as lions tend to target the young and infirm.
They’re black with white and black stripes.
Are white people stripey, too?
All humans are stripey, it’s just that the lines are usually invisible.
NSFW
I wanna see my stripes
I think they’re visible to certain wavelengths of light?
OK? I still wanna see them
Change my to your and this has some very weird serial killer vibes
I want to see your stripes
Well, I was trying to be less creepy.
Hey, I’ll take authentically creepy over dishonest ‘normal’ behavior any day
Edit: unless you want to see my stripes
I wanna see your stripes
huh. looks kinda like where my stretch marks from eds wound up.
There’s also Langar’s Lines, which are a large factor in where your surgeon decides to cut!
White horses can have black skin too…
You mean black horses with one big, white stripe?
That opens the door to a lot of interesting grooming possibilities