But they do not have others. For instance, zebras are wild, aggressive and downright mean. If any animal has the trait of wickedness, it is going to be the zebra. Thus, it does not fall into the realm of domesticated animals.
Horses are elegant and you can tell they have mild manners. That is the complete opposite of zebras. Zebras are very aggressive. You can never predict what their next mischievous move will be. That is exactly what you expect of a wild animal. If you are looking for the very definition of hostility, then all you need is a zebra.
In fact, there is an observation in many zebras as they age. Instead of slowing down, they actually step up their aggression. For this reason alone, it is dangerous for anyone to try and ride zebras. It will most likely lead to a very bloody ending. There is another reason why the zebra is so aggressive.
In the plains of Africa, lions are the predators and zebras form food for them. As expected, zebras also want to remain alive by all means. Thus, over time, zebras have managed to evolve some defense mechanisms. These are remarkable mechanisms found in any animal.
They have learned to become not only aggressive. They have also come up with some of the most dangerous kicks in the animal kingdom. A single kick from a zebra has so much energy that it is capable of killing a fully-grown lion. Ask yourself what becomes of you if one nasty kick from a zebra can end the life of a majestic lion. A lion is the so-called king of the jungle. There are several stories of how zebras killed lions. This happened with a massive kick to the head, causing instant death due to brain injury.
Another way is if the nasty kick damaged the jaw of the lion, thus making it unable to eat until it dies of starvation. That is something that no horse can do. That will allow you to appreciate how powerful a kick from a zebra can be. They have tried, many times in fact.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, there was something of a fad for taming zebras. In the midth century, George Grey imported zebras from South Africa to New Zealand, where he was taking up a governorship, to pull his carriage.
The Victorian-era zoologist Lord Walter Rothschild likewise trained zebras to pull vehicles, famously driving a zebra-drawn carriage to Buckingham Palace. And in the early 20th century, Rosendo Ribeiro, the first doctor in Nairobi, allegedly made house calls on zebraback. Zebras were already abundant in many of the regions colonialists were penetrating; domesticating the herds would save them the expense and difficulty of importing horses. More importantly, zebras were resistant to the diseases carried by tsetse flies , diseases that were highly fatal to horses.
Humans fear their strong fight instincts which make them react with ferocity instantly, they reply with a bite or a kick. Riding zebras is too much work, often the result is not what you desire to be.
We get it, you like Zebras and want to ride them, hate to burst your bubble, you are wishing for the impossible.
Zebras become aggressive when told what to do or trying to mold them into something they can not do. Zebras often choose the flight response when a predator comes, when confined in a place for training where they can not flee, their fight response ultimately increases.
Which makes them aggressive, fierce, and not docile enough to ride. When human colonization spread to Africa, Zebras seemed like a perfect hybrid to be used for transportation in the region just like their cousin horses.
Zebras were familiar with the humans and their ways as many cavemen hunted them. Zebras considered humans as predators and developed the instincts and reflexes to survive attacks from numerous predators, including humans. Read a complete guide about other predators of zebras. Ever since then, Zebras could not trust and knew very well what they were capable of.
Humans attempted several times to domesticate the fascinating beasts but all in vain. Almost all humans failed and surrendered to their unpredictable nature and undying spirit. Zebras do not fit the domestication criteria set by the humans, they have realized that this beautiful animal is nomadic, and staying in territories seems impossible.
There were widespread attempts made by several equestrians and Zoologists. One of the most worth mentioning attempts is made by the eccentric zoologist, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild. He put a lot of time and effort proving their viability by training them to pull carriages, eventually driving a carriage drawn by six Zebras to Buckingham Palace.
However, he could not go so far as to tame them to ride. Rothschild realized riding Zebras was not practical because of a couple of reasons which his predecessor and others would learn later on; firstly, they are small animals with backs not strong enough to support the weight of a man.
Secondly, they do not live or evolved in tamer temperate regions rather in areas where the lion is the main predator and they have to continuously survive attacks. As we mentioned earlier, there are some Zebras who are exceptions to the rule. However, if just one of these factors is missing, the species is likely to never be domesticated. Zebras, fall into this category, in a lot of ways. Just because animals huddle in groups does not mean they are family or even friends. Humans occasionally huddle in groups and for the most part we hate it.
The reason zebras do this?
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