Zebra By Sonia Klein

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ZebraBy Sonia Klein
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Zebra
Shelter Zebras graze near big rocks and
one Zebra has to stay on the look out for
predetors.
Surface Features Zebras like areas with tall
grass.
Habitat Savannah
Vegetation Savannahs have tall grass, small
trees, and Giant rocks.
Climate Savannahs are warm In the summer and and
cold in the winter.
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Diet
Behaviors
Zebra
Physical Features
Quiz
Interesting Facts
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Diet

• Zebras are herbivores. They mainly eat long
  grass. They eat other plants too. Zebras spend
  most of their time eating or looking for food.
• Zebras have good teeth for grazing. Zebras teeth
  clip the grass easily. They use their teeth to
  grind their food
• They eat tall grass because theyre herbivores.

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Behaviors

• Zebras have hooves to protect their feet. A zebra
  has a heavy head, a stout body, a short stiff
  mane, and a tufted tail.
• Zebras are swift runners, achieving speeds up to
  50 mph! Zebras natural enemies are the lion and
  leopard.
• Zebras dont fight with each other, but they
  fight with their predators.

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Physical Features

• Zebras can twist their flexible ears in any
  direction to listen for predators.
• When a zebra runs fast and when they run in
  different directions it really confuses
  predators.
• Zebras have stripes for temperature, the white
  makes them cooler and the black makes them
  warmer.
• No two zebras in the world have the same stripe
  pattern.

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Interesting Facts

• If zebras cant find any grass they will eat
  shrubs, leaves, fruit, roots, and even bark.
• When all the grass is eaten zebras move on to new
  pastures.
• A baby zebra has such long legs that it has to
  splay them like a giraffe when it wants a drink
  of water.
• Zebras are good swimmers. They can cross wide
  rivers.
• Mothers and babies learn to know each others
  voices, smells, and stripes.

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Quiz

• Why would zebras eat other foods that are not
  grass and what are they?
• Why do zebras have stripes?
• About how fast can a zebra run and why do they
  run so fast?