Why do zebras have stipes?

Zebra stripes act as protection. When zebras are feeding together, the stripes can confuse an attacking animal.The stripes make it hard for a lion or hyena to pick out one zebra in the crowd. The stripes also break up the zebras outline and make zebrashard to see at a distance. The stripes might help zebras find family members and friends.

The Zebras have the white and black stripes as comouflage in the grey environment of the savanah during the dry seasons-those clours make detection alittle diffcult by the lions especially, so it is a defence colour!