For #6 in this series, the number of stripes on the bodies of the featured threesome was self-evident: 3 X 5 = 15.
The number of stripes on today’s heroes is an enormously higher number, not self-evident: 3 X ? = ?…my head hurts…
All members of Equus quagga have many stripes.
Each has his/her own unique pattern.
Also known as “common zebra”, the plains zebra is indeed the most numerous and most widely distributed of the three zebra species.
Plains zebras are scattered across many savanna woodlands and open grasslands, south of the Sahara; their numbers have declined, markedly, especially outside of national parks, and since 2016 their IUCN conservation status has been “near threatened”.
They are highly social…and very wary, most especially when drinking or when approaching water.
Grooming each other (evident in the photo) is a key part of their behaviour.
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Photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken at 1.33 pm on 06 November 2022 in Etosha National Park, northern Namibia.