It has to do with social structures from what I read a while ago.
Horses have a hierarchical structure and zebras don’t.
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PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 3 days ago
There’s some accounts throughout history, but humans generally leave them alone. They’re aggressive creatures surrounded by even more aggressive killing machines. So it stands to reason that an animal in that environment would be pretty tough to tame. Image
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Dasus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Literally everything in Africa has evolved to run away from humans, because when animals hear human speech and don’t run away they get eaten or domesticated.
When you look at a map of domesticated animals origins, not a single one comes from Africa. All the animals there know what humans are like no matter how we try fooling them.
HejMedDig@feddit.dk 3 days ago
What you don’t spot on that picture is the front “zebra” in the back, is a painted horse. Apparently that helped the zebras remain more calm
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I actually figured he must have had a more experienced horse along with the zebras to sort of lead the carriage. I know its done with dog sleighs, but not sure about horses.