I believe that some friends have had the experience of riding elephants, or even riding ostriches, but a very small number of friends have the experience of riding zebras, and even it can be said that no one has the experience of riding zebras, why? Why can't I ride a zebra? How hard is zebra domestication? Let's take you to know it today.
Everyone knows that the zebra is a relatively tall, very responsive grassland animal, has a very beautiful appearance, good appetite is not picky, whether it is grass or shrubs or leaves can become their food, feeding is also very convenient, relatively speaking lions, tigers, leopards and other predators, the cost of feeding is not very large.
It is reasonable to say that it is good to be a mount, but in fact it is rare to see anyone who can domesticate a zebra as a mount. On the one hand, it is due to the living conditions of zebras. Everyone knows that zebras live in the African savannah, face many crises every day, need to have a high degree of vigilance at every moment, and a careless relaxation may lead to the end of life.
Gradually, they became accustomed to this "sword and light sword shadow" life, which also cultivated their excellent running ability, as well as a very sensitive reaction speed, once in a more dangerous environment, they can quickly run around. Even howling loudly, the mood is very unstable, which will bring great trouble to domestication. After being in a vigilant environment for a long time, once the domestication process is carried out, it will definitely feel that its own safety is threatened, and the consequences are unimaginable.
In addition, although the zebra reacts more sensitively, the speed of running is also very fast, and the explosive power is also quite good. It can reach 40km/h effortlessly. However, compared with horses with better endurance, it is inferior, and some horses with better speed can reach a speed of 60km/h.
Zebras are known to be social animals, but they are not suitable for captivity. The zebras we usually see are all staying together in groups, basically interests. Their gregaries are mainly used to obtain food and defend against external enemies.
The common herd of cattle and sheep, once you have the leader, the other cattle and sheep will naturally follow the leader's footsteps. Zebra herds are different, even if the leader is caught, they can live well, as if nothing happened, which will make domestication very difficult. If the probability of successful individual domestication is still there, it can be said that it is completely impossible to domesticate in batches, after all, without these zebra organizations, there is no discipline and no organization, and it is really difficult to manage.
The zebra's personality is very grumpy, and the overlord lion on the grassland is not in the eyes, and a dissatisfactory direct dry. The strength of the zebra's hind hooves is very amazing, and even the lions will be a little afraid, after all, there are many lions who are violently hit by the zebra's hind hooves. Even if a small number of zebras have been hunted by lions, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled in the group, vulnerable groups, and for more robust zebras, lions will still be scrupulous if they want to hunt.
Even the lion dares to provoke, which shows how grumpy the zebra's personality is, and a violent temper directly gives you a kick, which is terrible to think about. Especially when encountering a zebra in estrus, it is effortless to throw you directly off the horse's back and fall to the ground. And the bite force of zebras is very good, and it is very common to be bitten by zebras.
According to zoo statistics, the number of bites by zebras every day, even much higher than the number of lions and tigers biting people, if in the process of domestication encountered by zebra attacks and bites, the result must be very tragic, which is one of the reasons why zebras are difficult to be domesticated, after all, the risk value is really too high too high, not a special need really do not need to take this risk.
Moreover, the domestication of zebras is not as simple as the domestication of other animals imagines, and regardless of temperament, after a long period of evolution, the conditions of the zebra itself are not suitable for mounting. Zebras have a smaller chest cavity. Although the appearance of zebras is more beautiful, the speed is relatively fast. But its own structure is not very suitable for us to ride, although it is regrettable but there is no good way.
On the other hand, zebras are mainly produced in Africa, which was not used to train horses in the early days. Other animals have been in the pre-domestication stage, but for zebras, the meta-indigenous people still do not have the cognitive concept of horse domestication, so there has been no systematic domestication of zebras for a long time. This is a lot behind.
By the time modern people want to domesticate zebras, these horses have become untamed, and the vast grasslands of Africa have created the unrestrained character of zebras, which makes domestication more difficult. Imagine if zebras were produced in Europe and Asia, wouldn't it be much easier to tame, just as our common elephants and camels are relatively large, and aren't they still tamed?
Although humans began to domesticate horses as early as 6,000 years ago or so, the time to try to domesticate zebras was only about a few hundred years, and the effect of domestication compared with hundreds of years and thousands of years is naturally self-evident. Surely the longer the time the better the effect of domestication.
The domestication time itself is relatively short, coupled with the relatively little experience, and the special temperament of the zebra, it is inevitable that the domestication will be more difficult. And the process of domestication is not as simple as other pigs and dogs, a small piglet can grow to a hundred kilograms in just a few months, and a short period of time can create great value, but domestication of zebras is far from bringing such value.
Coupled with the fact that the current society is completely different from the old era, if the zebra can be domesticated in the old era, it will bring great value to both transportation and transportation, and it will inevitably be a milestone development for the old era society.
But if in the increasingly competitive modern era, the value created is almost minimal, first of all, few people will be willing to spend a huge amount of time and energy to do things that are not sure or even completely impossible, and the current industry is gradually replaced by machines, saving a lot of labor costs, even if the zebra domestication is successful, it can not bring such value.
So why are we still struggling to do things that are challenging and not necessarily meaningful? Isn't it good to have the time and energy to do other things?
Why is it so hard to domesticate zebras? What do you think? Welcome to leave a message to share, everyone to discuss and discuss Oh ~ ~