![]() ![]() In Ancient Rome, Grevy’s zebra were trained to pull chariots at Roman circuses under the alias ‘hippotigris’ (‘horse-tiger’). Walter Rothschild with his zebra carriage Zebras have been trained to pull carriages successfully in the past (Lord Rothschild used to drive his zebra-drawn carriage through London), but obviously it's not something that would be deemed acceptable by most people in the modern world. Zebras have been known to kick each other to death, they will viciously bite any human that comes too close, and there are even many accounts of zebras killing lions. They're far more aggressive and a lot more dangerous. Zebras also have very different temperaments to horses. Would you want to ride an aggressive animal with a vicious bite and a fatal kick? © Bridgena Barnard/Getty Riding a zebra wouldn't be practical simply because they're smaller than horses and unlikely to be able to support the weight of an adult human for an extended period of time without getting injured, especially as they haven't been selectively bred for this trait like horses have. It would be possible to ride a zebra, but definitely not recommended. Baby zebra looking out over the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania with its mother. Offspring of all crossovers are sterile, as zebras, horses and donkeys have different numbers of chromosomes. Zebras can also breed with donkeys, to produce a zedonk. A male zebra and female horse produces a zorse, and a female zebra and male horse produces hebra. The offspring (zebroids) have different names dependent on the parents. They're both in the Equidae family and they can even breed with each other. Zebras are closely related to horses but they're not the same species. © George Steinmetz/Getty Is a zebra a horse? Zebras don't live in deserts, wetlands or rainforests, which may make them vulnerable to climate change. However, their habitat is shrinking, and they're already extinct in two of the countries to which they're native (Lesotho and Burundi). ![]() Zebras are widespread across vast areas of southern and eastern Africa, where they live in their preferred habitat of treeless grasslands and savannah woodlands. Giraffe guide: species facts, lifespan and habitat.Elephant guide: species facts and best places to see in the wild.Rhino guide: how to identify, where to see and why they’re endangered.
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