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• The hair along a zebras neck stands up instead of hanging down like a horse's mane. The neck stripes go right up into the mane.
• Every zebra has its own special pattern which others recognize.
• Burchell's zebra is the most common one. There are about 300,000 of them living wild in Africa.
• There are also Grevy's zebra living in Africa, although there are not as many of them as Burchell's zebra. It is taller and heavier than Burchell's zebra. It has big round furry ears and long legs. The biggest difference between the Grevy's zebra and Burchell's is in the stripes. The stripes on Grevy's zebra are much closer. This makes it harder for lions to see them in the long grass. Lions eat zebras when they can catch them. Zebras eat grass. The herd moves from place to place to find more grass.
•A little bird, called a fork-tailed drongo, often travels with them. It sits on the zebra's back and eats the insects which are kicked up by its hooves.
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