Burchell's Zebras. Strong incisors enable them to crop tough grasses. Background the 500m crater wall, Ngorongoro, Tanzania.

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Burchell’s Zebras: strong incisors enable them to crop tough and tall grasses. In the background the 500m high Ngorongoro crater wall. Plains or Burchell´s Zebra, Equus burchelli. Resembling a horse with broad black torso stripes and sometimes grey stripes between them, the Plains Zebra is a very adaptable and successful grazer, native to grassland and open woodland, but depending on water. These non-territorial, nomadic animals form bachelor herds and one-male-harems, which are so stable that mares remain associated for live. The stallion defends his harem against male intruders and predators like hyenas and wild dogs.

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Size: 5315px × 3530px
Location: western part in the Ngorongoro crater caldera
Photo credit: © Ulrich Doering / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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