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Image credit: © Charles Ooro - Kenya Wildlife Service

Uploader comment: A newly born white Zebra stands next to its mother at the Nairobi National Park April 7, 2004. Kenya Wildlife Service officials said on Thursday they were struggling to understand how a baby zebra in the game park was born without black and white stripes. The wildlife experts will carry out further studies to determine the reason it was born white.

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#31 Posted by Jester Harlot on 22 February, 2012, 12:50

How cute!

#30 Posted by darklady on 29 May, 2007, 20:17

I'd say it's a Leucistic. Albinos have pink skin, and this little guy's ears are clearly black, as is his nose. It's not a mystery, just a recessive gene that pops up every now and then.

#29 Posted by mystic-wolf on 22 July, 2006, 10:09

Its So freakin cute! I would love to see what that baby Zebra looks like completly grown.

#28 Posted by samael on 3 April, 2006, 22:36

I saw this on the news.

#27 Posted by griffon on 14 March, 2006, 0:56

Duh! Its albino. What kind of experts are they? The nose is pink and so are the eyes. That meens its albino. :P

#26 Posted by kitchinou on 26 February, 2006, 9:36

may be albinos, you can see some strips on its neck and its cheek

#25 Posted by chyna doll on 20 February, 2006, 9:25

i want one! it looks just like a pony. it's sooo cute!

#24 Posted by elvencellist on 16 January, 2006, 7:51

It looks like it went through the wash and lost all its stripes!! I'm sure they took it into captivity to save it.

#23 Posted by mnynames on 28 December, 2005, 21:32

I find this picture interesting, since science has finally piped in on the debate over what color a zebra's stripes really are. Most Westerners see a white animal with black stripes, whereas most Africans see a black animal with white stripes. Scientists studying the issue have always sided with the Africans.

#22 Posted by mnynames on 28 December, 2005, 21:17

Wildlife preserves have predators too, not just cute and cuddlies...lions deserve protection too

#21 Posted by fire drake on 27 December, 2005, 0:02

i think it is adorable

#20 Posted by weasel on 19 November, 2005, 4:37

ill give this young zebra a couple weeks until its lion food

#19 Posted by thunderorb on 25 September, 2005, 4:32

It's not albino.

#18 Posted by after_life_solja on 7 September, 2005, 22:14

they are born with stripes Naotaman you can see them straight away because the stripes are on the skin mate

#17 Posted by jeenuh on 23 June, 2005, 3:48

Isn't it at a wildlife reserve though? So I dont think it'd get 'picked off'? It's cute though.

#16 Posted by tegzi on 22 June, 2005, 1:57

Albino zebras have beige stripes...here is a picture of a full grown adult http://www.junglecats.com/zebra_l.jpg

#15 Posted by javibarr on 12 May, 2005, 12:21

I SAW THIS ON THE NATIONAL NEWS WITH IT WAS BORN....A LONG WHILE BACK THOU

#14 Posted by lucyjo on 11 March, 2005, 5:33

Look close. The baby has stripes.

#13 Posted by ender772005 on 14 February, 2005, 6:57

its a zebra that adopted a horse wow

#12 Posted by morbius on 9 February, 2005, 11:02

You can kinda see the strips they are a really light grey, almost white. It's probably albino, unless it manages to stay in the middle of the herd it will be picked off.

#11 Posted by captainzaggis on 2 December, 2004, 0:49

Dang, that scared me for a sec, as I was scrolling down, I feared it was just a picture of a zebras butt.

#10 Posted by familyguy007 on 29 November, 2004, 15:09

wouldn't that be called a horse.

#9 Posted by ladyapril on 13 November, 2004, 2:22

its albino, it looks like a crazed pony

#8 Posted by da_mcvinster on 18 October, 2004, 21:35

Albione, its eyes look a little red from here!

#7 Posted by melrsa on 8 October, 2004, 8:53

It's Albino, I live in South Africa and zebras are not born stripeless, they'd be seen too easily if they were.

#6 Posted by azraelschroeder on 15 September, 2004, 4:37

looks albino to me.

#5 Posted by last_one on 10 September, 2004, 16:34

it looks EVIL. and yep, with the stripes it wont blend in with the rest of the zebras and will be picked off.

#4 Posted by bronwyn on 2 September, 2004, 21:31

Yes, it's an albino. Sadly, not much chance for survival I would think.

#3 Posted by earth_dog on 25 August, 2004, 12:32

Do you think it might be an Albino?

#2 Posted by ybc on 7 August, 2004, 13:12

Creepy looking thing o.O

#1 Posted by naotaman on 30 July, 2004, 23:11

I have seen stripless Zebras in South Africa! I was told that the Zebras are born with stripes but you can't see them until they have matured!!!

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