# Mr. Ed the Zebra?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-the-zebra/4586>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 9, 1999, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-the-zebra/4586 "1999-11-09T06:59:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 1999, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-the-zebra/4586/1 "1999-11-09T06:59:00Z")

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On [http://www.snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com), they purport that Mr. Ed, the talking horse was in fact a zebra.

From their page:

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> Mr. Ed was always referred to as a “horse,” and since the series was filmed in black and white, the viewing audience didn’t notice the difference anyway.

WTF!? A black & white (B/W) animal filmed with a b/w camera is gonna look b/w! There’s no magic cancelling effect!

Is [Snopes.com](http://Snopes.com) trying to pull a fast one? Debunking ULs on one hand and starting more with the other?