It is not something outside of us. His equally pampered friends--Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer)--then escape to bring him back. If you’re short wimpy guy, you can play a tall gladiator. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot' }}]}]; [28], Among plains and mountain zebras, the adult females mate only with their harem stallion, while in Grévy's zebras, mating is more promiscuous and the males have larger testes for sperm competition. "authorizationTimeout": 10000 The difference in timing is thought to be responsible for the differences in the striping patterns of the different species. ...Humans were the only creatures in the world that ate their food cooked. are you black with white stripes? Some day, if I ever get a chance, I shall write a book, or warning, on the character and temperament of the Dachshund and why he can't be trained and shouldn't be. capensis Devil. initAdSlotRefresher(); { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971079', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, The San people associated zebra stripes with water, rain and lighting because of its dazzling pattern, and water spirits were conceived of having zebra stripes. "authorization": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/auth/info?rid=READER_ID&url=CANONICAL_URL&ref=DOCUMENT_REFERRER&type=&v1=&v2=&v3=&v4=english&_=RANDOM", var dfpSlots = {}; You know, the story of the hippo? [86] With smaller predators like hyenas and dogs, zebras may act more aggressively, especially in defense of their young. [15][16] Molecular evidence supports zebras as a monophyletic lineage. In the sprightly Madagascar, a mid-life crisis inspires Marty the Zebra (voiced by Chris Rock) to escape from his lifelong home, a New York zoo. [40], As with all wild equines, zebra have barrel-chested bodies with tufted tails, elongated faces and long necks with long, erect manes. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971079', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, Grooming shows social status and eases aggressive behaviour. Or are you sloppy with some neat ways? { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195465', size: [300, 250] }}, Somewhere, the zebra is dancing. Like “When you see a lion tearing apart a zebra… This page was last edited on 1 October 2020, at 11:58. Some people say he is striped so that the Lion can not see him. [3] In ancient times, the zebra was called hippotigris ("horse tiger") by the Greeks and Romans. var mapping_houseslot_a = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([963, 0], [300, 250]).addSize([0, 0], []).build(); Don't believe me? when summarising an unspecified joke based on the aphorism. These animals would eventually be given by the Dutch to the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan. 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