Burchell's+Zebra

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==[|WORD SEARCH]media type="file" key="01 Welcome to the Jungle.mp3" align="right" width="240" height="20" == ==[|CROSS WORD PUZZLE] == __**SCIENTIFIC NAME ** __ Equus Burchellii

The Burchell's Zebra likes to live in wood lands to open plains. Also the try to stay close to a waterhole so they will be able to drink water and bathe, but the rest of its surroundings are hot and dry**. ** __ Most humans like to skin the Burchell's Zebra to use the fur as decorations/accesories. Some examples of decorations are like carpets for houses or curtains for a window, bu some other humans use it as clothing.
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__**ADAPTIONS **__ The way the Burchell's Zebra adpts to the land is by shedding/ thinning of hair. Also in the summer when the climate is the hottest the zebra's white stripes become thicker so the white fur relfects the sun so the zebra keeps cool. Also another way they keep cool when the heat is stong is by taking a dip in the waterhole__.__

__**MORPHOLOGY ** __ The Burchell's Zebra is very simular to the regular African Zebra but the only diffrence is that it lacks stripes in the back legs and the stomache. Another diffrent characteristic is that instead of having black and white stripes, the stripes are brown and white. The Burchell's Zebra is more simular to a horse than a regular zebra.



-The Burchell's Zebra is believed to be extinct but according to some researchers that statement is false. They dont think its true because they are not able to keep track of the animal because they believe they hang around other species of zebras so they cant tell them apart. Since they cant tell them apart because they all almost look the same so they cant identify the specific zebra so there is no garentee that they are extinct<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">.
 * __<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">FUN FACTS __**

- They can live for about 38 years. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">- When they are born they can weigh from 70-100 pounds. 

<span style="color: #520080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">__**By: Veronica Castro**__