Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes

Zebras: White with black or black with white?

This is one of the most-asked questions about zebras. So what's up with the stripes? Zebras are generally thought to have white coats with black stripes, since some zebras have white underbellies. Embryological evidence, however, shows that the animal's background colour is black and the white stripes and bellies are additions

So, what is the use of stripes? They serve as a kind of protection from predators! When zebras are grouped together, their combined stripes make it hard for a lion or leopard to pick out one zebra to chase.

BONUS: Zebra stripes are unique to each individual, and researchers in the field have used zebras individual stripe patterns for identification.