Jack studied the zebras, trying to see their different patterns.

杰克研究着斑马，试图去区分它们不同的斑纹图案。

The zebras we grazing in the grass.

斑马在草地上吃草。

I can see two blue elephants and... four zebras.

我看见了2只蓝色的大象和...4只斑马。

Everyone loves zebras. No doubt it's the natty stripes.

每个人都喜欢斑马。毫无疑问是整洁的条纹。

Travellers say that troops of beautiful striped zebras may often be seen in Africa drinking at springs of water.

据旅行者所言，经常能在非洲看见成群结队的美丽斑马在湖边饮水。

So the zebra stripes are really cool, and zebras are similar to horses.

斑马的条纹非常酷，而且斑马和马很像。

Birds called oxpeckers gobble ticks off the skin of rhinos and zebras.

牛椋鸟这种鸟类食用犀牛和斑马皮肤里的虱子。

Why do zebras have such distinct stripes?

为什么斑马长着这么特别的条纹呢？

Oh, I like zebras. Hey say it with me but quickly like a zebra.

哦，我喜欢斑马。嘿，跟我一起，语速要快，像斑马一样。

About a quarter of a million years ago, humans began to hunt zebras and antelope.

在大概25万年前，人类开始捕猎斑马和羚羊。

Scientists began noticing that zebras in hotter climates tended to have more stripes.

科学家们开始注意到，在较热气候下的斑马往往有更多的条纹。

They may look like zebras, but they are actually the only living relative of giraffes.

它们可能看上去像斑马，他们实际上是仅存的长颈鹿的近亲。

For a long time, experts thought stripes might be a way for zebras to camouflage.

长期以来，专家们认为条纹可能是斑马的一种伪装方式。

Soon they would graze on the grass prepared by the zebras.

一会它们就要吃斑马为它们准备的草了。

The majority of the prey in those cases are ungulates: think zebras or deer.

热带地区的被捕食者大多都是有蹄动物，比如：斑马和鹿。

Stripes did not stop flies from a distance, as they circled horses and zebras at similar rates.

条纹并没有阻止苍蝇远离斑马，因为它们以相似的速度盘旋在马匹和斑马周围。

He added that zebras are also using behavioral means to prevent flies from biting them.

他补充，斑马还使用行为手段来防止苍蝇叮咬。

" They work together, like the zebras and wildebeests and gazelles."

“蜂蜜向导和马赛人一起工作，像斑马、角马和瞪羚一样。”

There are three different species of zebras, and they are all native to Africa.

斑马有三种种类，都属于非洲本土。

Whatever the result, evolution had a good reason to make zebras a horse of a different color.

无论结果如何，进化有充分的理由让斑马变成不同颜色的马。