When observing someone riding a horse, it might seem impressive, but have you ever wondered why someone hasn't ridden a zebra? Zebras are beautiful animals with striking patterns.

However, despite their beauty, zebras have not been domesticated as livestock by humans. Zebras are native to Africa and are known for their disease resistance compared to other African animals and domestic horses.

They also possess strong digestive abilities, enabling them to survive on low-nutrition food during times of scarcity. These traits make zebras one of the most successful large herbivores in Africa.

One of the most distinctive features of zebras is their stripes, which serve as innate protective coloration. When illuminated by sunlight or moonlight, the stripes reflect light in different directions, making it difficult for other animals to see them clearly.

The overall outline of the zebra appears blurred and blends in with the environment, creating a disorienting effect that makes it challenging to judge distance.

Despite their many advantages, zebras have a couple of crucial flaws that have prevented humans from domesticating them. One is their short temper; unlike other horses, zebras become more irritable as they age, especially when frightened.

They are hot-tempered and stubborn, making them difficult to domesticate. The more docile an animal is, the easier it is to domesticate.

Attempting to domesticate a zebra and instructing it to go or run, only to find it not complying, raises doubts about its suitability as a riding animal.

Zebras also like to bite, and if they bite you, they won't let go easily! Domesticating a species depends on three factors for humans: benefit, cost, and technical difficulty. Domesticating a zebra has high costs and requires a lot of effort for little reward, so it does not meet our expectations.

Zebras are also very vigilant animals. They have grown up in the wild grasslands and must always be on guard to survive. Even when in captivity, humans cannot erase their vigilance. Once humans get close to a zebra, it becomes alarmed and runs away.

It's difficult to catch them even with a rope because they will struggle desperately to prevent humans from getting near them. Combined with their hot temper and wild nature, zebras are not suitable for domestication.

Furthermore, zebras are very similar to donkeys! They are actually more similar to donkeys in size and appearance. They are not as tall as domestic horses.

For these reasons, zebras have never been successfully domesticated by humans. However, based on their various characteristics, it seems that they are not well-suited for domestication anyway.