BLACK WITH WHITE STRIPES, OR WHITE WITH BLACK STRIPES?
Zebras have been the subject of African folk tales which tell how they got their stripes. According to a San folk tale of Namibia, the zebra was once all white, but acquired its black stripes after a fight with a baboon over a waterhole. After kicking the baboon so hard, the zebra lost its balanced and tripped over a fire, and the fire sticks left scorched marks all over his white coat.
