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Title: Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history
Identifier: animatecreationp213331898woodj (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888; Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer; Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history; National Zoological Park (U. S. ), former owner. DSI
Subjects: Zoology; Zoology
Publisher: New York : Selmar Hess
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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596 THE ZEBRA. on which they occur, so that the stripes of the legs are horizontal, while those of the body are vertical. The abdomen and inside faces of the thighs are cream-white, and the end of the tail is nearly black. This arrangement of coloring is strangely similar to that of the tiger, and has earned for the animal the name of "Hippotigris," or Horse-tiger, among some zoologists, ancient and modem. The skin of the neck is developed into a kind of dewlap, and the tail is sparingly covered w iili coarse Mack hair. By the Cape colonists it is called " Wilde Paard," or Wild Horse. At the best of times the flesh of tin- Zebra is not very inviting, being rather tough, coarse,1 and of a very peculiar flavor. The Boers, who call Themselves by the title of "baptized men," think they would be derogating from their dignity to partake of the flesh of the Zebra, and
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ZEBRA.—itius zebra. generously leave the animal to be consumed by their Hottentot servants. When wounded, the Zebra gives a kind of groan, which is said to resemble that of a dying man. In disposition the Zebra is fierce, obstinate, and nearly untamable. The efforts used by Mr. Rarey in reducing to obedience the Zebra of the Zoological Gardens are now matter of history. The little brindled animal gave him more trouble than the huge savages on whom he had so successfully operated, and it overset some of his calculations by the fact that it was able to kick as fiercely from three leys as a horse from four. In its habits the Zebra resembles the dziggetai more than the dauw. as it is always found in hilly districts, and inhabits the high craggy mountain ranges in preference to the plains. It is a, mild and very timid animal, fleeing instinctively to its mountain home as soon as it is alarmed by the sight of a strange object. Between the zebras and the domestic ass several curious Mules have been produced. It is worthy of notice, that wherever a cross breed has taken place, the influence of the male parent seems to lie permanently impressed on the mother, who in her subsequent offspring imprints upon them some characteristic of the interloper.

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