# Warum hat ein Zebra Streifen?

Even the common ancestor of horse and zebra wore a subtle pattern. Over time, the stripes became established in the offspring. The tsetse fly ensured this selection because it only recognized monocolored animals and infected them with diseases.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2022
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: ZDF/TerraX/R.Schlosshan/F.Haedecke/C.Ruby/F.Wienke/Gruppe5/Jochen Schmidt
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warum_hat_ein_Zebra_Streifen%3F.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: ZDF/TerraX/R.Schlosshan/F.Haedecke/C.Ruby/F.Wienke/Gruppe5/Jochen Schmidt
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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