A photographer at a camp in the
Maasai Mara Game Reserve was in for a
surprise when he came across an
incredibly rare, “blacker” newly born
Zebra.
Mr Antony Tira – A renowned tour
guide-cum photographer – at Matira
bush camp, spotted and photographed
the black dotted foul and posted it on
the camp’s Facebook page attracting a
lot of social media attention.
“At first I thought it was a zebra that
had been captured and painted or
marked for purposes of migration.
I was confused when I first saw it,” Mr Tira said.
He said on closer examination, he
realised that what he was seeing was
actually a zebra with melanin disorder.
It was hardly a week old, it appeared
weak and very different from the others
for it has not stripes and was stuck
close to a female adult zebra, probably
its mother.
The discovery caused stampede in the
reserve with tour drivers and
photographers, hurriedly taking tourists
to the lookout area in the game reserve
near the Mara River for the rare find
that has remained the top story in the
Mara for the last three days
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