Zebra black and white at birth. Plains and mountain zebra foals are protected by their mothers, as well as the head stallion and the other mares in their group. Grévy's zebra foals have only their mother as a regular protector, since, as noted above, Grévy's zebra groups often disband after a few months. Attempts have been made to train zebras for riding, since they have better resistance than horses to African diseases. While occasionally successful, most of these attempts failed due to the zebra's more unpredictable nature and tendency to panic under stress. For this reason, zebra-mules or zebroids (crosses between
Plains zebra economic source in tourism. The zebra is revered in some African cultures as a symbol of beauty. In the dances of the Karamojong tribe of Uganda, women paint themselves in zebra stripes and act like them. The Dube tribe of South Africa features a zebra on its totem. Zebras also appear on the coat of arms of Botswana. In Afrikaans, the zebra is affectionately known as the "pajama-donkey" due to its shared heritage with a donkey and the black-and-white striped coat resembling pajamas. The zebra crossing also gets its name because of the stripes. Plains zebra The plains zebra ("Equus