In theory, zebras use their stripes in combination with their herding and flight behavior to confuse predators. The confusion probably makes it harder for the predator (e.g., a lion) to be able to avoid a damaging kick because the stripes make it difficult to tell where one zebra starts and the other ends.
Here is a dramatization of how this might work. Or not.
And then there's this:
I couldn't watch it to the end. How do things turn out?
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There...are....*FOUR*...Zebras.
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Four guys in two zebra suits.
One white horse, one black horse, and some joker replaced the camera lens with a rough-cut Fresnel lens.....
In the first video is the zebra trying to drown the lion? I can't tell if they are just fighting in the water or whether that's a deliberate attempt to get the lioness underwater.
How fast does a zebra have to run before it looks gray?
You'll probably never see gray (please don't play with that if you have a seizure disorder).