At first, this looks like an ordinary shot of a zebra under a late day sky. But this is no ordinary zebra, it’s an endangered grevy’s zebra. As of 2016 there were only 2000 left in the wild. Hunting was the original problem (their coats were in high demand) but more recently habitat loss and competition with livestock have been the two main issues. Unlike the much, much, much more common plains zebras, grevy’s zebras are distinguished by their floppy ears and white belly — resembling more of a striped donkey. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 2200, f/2.8 at 1/320th of a second.
What a great shot of a remarkable zebra, in an awesome habitat with an equally awesome blue-hued sky background. Lovely image, Sean. Thanks for raising our awareness of a Grevy’s zebra.
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At first, this looks like an ordinary shot of a zebra under a late day sky. But this is no ordinary zebra, it’s an endangered grevy’s zebra. As of 2016 there were only 2000 left in the wild. Hunting was the original problem (their coats were in high demand) but more recently habitat loss and competition with livestock have been the two main issues. Unlike the much, much, much more common plains zebras, grevy’s zebras are distinguished by their floppy ears and white belly — resembling more of a striped donkey. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 2200, f/2.8 at 1/320th of a second.
What a great shot of a remarkable zebra, in an awesome habitat with an equally awesome blue-hued sky background. Lovely image, Sean. Thanks for raising our awareness of a Grevy’s zebra.
Awesome shot from nose to tail…beautiful animal!
Beautiful Zebra!!!
Love this, I am sure Cristin George will !