How Fast Is Zebra?

Zebras gallop at 65 km/h — fast enough to escape most predators. Their famous stripes don't actually camouflage them visually; instead they confuse biting flies, whose simple visual systems can't lock on to the pattern at close range.

Zebra stripes confuse biting flies — not predators. Lions see a zebra perfectly clearly; the flies cannot.

• Slightly slower than a greyhound
• Stripes confuse flies, not predators