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Good luck, Tira! You've surely earned your spots. Courtesy of Frank Liu . With their striking black-and-white stripes, zebras boast one of the most iconic coats of the animal kingdom.

It's got black and white stripes all over. When you see a herd of zebra together, it becomes one big stripy pattern. No other animal looks so striking on the African plains.

All three species of zebra have bold black and white stripes that stand out among more drab-looking African grazers, like buffalo and antelope, especially against a plain savanna background.