- The Origin of Zebra Crossing- Welcome to Kenya national Parks & witness real zebras crossing and unwind at Africas Best Beach Destination & kaskazi Beach Hotel Prey Deception - Stripes and spots can be disruptive coloration. Disruptive coloration helps break up an animals outline. This makes it difficult for other animals to see it. Youd think that the black and white stripes of the zebra would make it easy for predators to see it! The main predator of the zebra is the lion. Lions dont like to hunt in the heat of the day, they prefer sleeping in the shade. SO, ZEBRA CROSSING MARKS ARE CLEARLY SEEN to/some DRIVERS. Crossing in India - You can have millions of zebra crossings in India. Few vehicles in India stop at zebra crossings unlike in the west. In UK, if you are even standing close to the zebra crossings, people would instantly stop, in the belief of you just about ready to use HISTORY - Although the origin of the name is disputed, it is generally attributed to British M.P. James Callaghan in 1948. Zebra Crossing marks, type of crossing didnt develop any further than a pair of orange globes until October 1951, when the Ministry reacted to complaints that the crossings werent sufficiently visible by ordering that they should have thick white stripes painted across the road to leave motorists in no doubt. Because they now had a set of black and white stripes on the road to match the ones on the Belisha Beacon poles, they were renamed Zebra Crossings, Why Zebra Crossing and are Zebras are found in Africa? Means the Safari started long time ago and it influenced the even the naming of signs in animal names. Source - Across the board.
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