# Important Question **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 24, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075 "2005-03-24T18:59:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/1 "2005-03-24T18:59:34Z")
Is a zebra white with black stripes, or black with white stripes? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/2 "2005-03-24T19:06:49Z")
Why yes, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/3 "2005-03-24T19:09:06Z")
URL: “It don’t matter, baby. They’re _all_ beautiful.” ::Hug:: ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/4 "2005-03-24T19:14:46Z")
And more importantly, why are the zebras always crossing the road? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/5 "2005-03-24T19:29:08Z")
That information can only be released on a need-to-know basis. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/6 "2005-03-24T19:32:09Z")
Aren’t their bellies white? Wouldn’t that imply that they’re white with black stripes? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/7 "2005-03-24T19:42:47Z")
They’re actually grey; they just forgot to turn on anti-aliasing. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/8 "2005-03-24T19:44:23Z")
I thought they were pink with black and white hair. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/9 "2005-03-24T21:28:53Z")
**Yllaria** is right. They are white with black stripes. If their bellies were black, they would be black with white stripes. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/10 "2005-03-24T22:08:24Z")
Almost, **Lady Venom.** To quote from [the San Diego Zoo:](http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-zebra.html) > [@](#): > > Zebras are generally thought to have white coats with black (sometimes brown) stripes. That’s because if you look at most zebras, the stripes end on their bellies and toward the insides of the legs, and the rest is all white. However (there had to be a catch, right?), **some zebras are born with genetic variations that make them all black with white stripes,** or mostly dark with the striped pattern only on part of their coats. And as it turns out, **zebras have black skin underneath their hair.** So it kind of depends on how you look at it! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/11 "2005-03-25T01:11:49Z")
Are there ever any albino zebras? ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/12 "2005-03-25T03:27:26Z")
[Evidently](http://www.visualsunlimited.com/browse/vu136/vu136368.html) ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/13 "2005-03-25T13:58:11Z")
If you spin them fast enough, they’re gray. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/14 "2005-03-25T14:56:03Z")
Wow, **Dijon-Warlock** , that’s cute. 🙂 YEs, I _have_ read someshere that they can be fierce things, but they do look good. The little albino looks as though its mother washed its pyjama suit at too high a temperature. (It has no future as a road crossing, though) ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/15 "2005-03-25T20:44:16Z")
Not sure why I’m wondering, but are there any zebra-donkey’s? If not, it’s too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/16 "2005-03-26T07:07:48Z")
> [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](#): > > Not sure why I’m wondering, but are there any zebra-donkey’s? If not, it’s too bad. [Yes, there are](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid). Ain’t I just a spewage of information? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question/296075/17 "2005-03-26T10:16:54Z")
I’m wondering about the final line in the Zeedonk description: “Zeedonks love Courtney, too.” Someone added themselves to the Wikipedia?