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Rare Black Zebra Foal With Polka Dots Spotted In Kenya

Rare Black Zebra Foal With Polka Dots Spotted In Kenya

A rare newborn zebra foal with polka-dots instead of stripes has been photographed in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.

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White polka-dotted black zebra foal spotted in Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. This portrait is in black-and-white.
(Credit: Frank Liu / Frank Liu Photography, with kind permission.)

A newborn zebra foal with bizarre polka-dot markings has recently been photographed in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. This is the first time that this unusual pattern has ever been seen amongst zebras in the Maasai Mara.

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