Zebras

The zebra in the blue circle is taking a bath. There is no soap or water. It is rolling in the dirt to remove bugs from its hair.

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Do Zebras Take Baths?

You take baths or showers in water with soap. Zebras take baths too, but not the way we do. Zebras roll around in dry dirt in order to get the bugs and dead skin off of their bodies. The herd will also help pick pesky bugs off of each other to keep them clean and healthy.

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Zebras take baths for different reasons than humans do. We bathe to get dirt and oil off of our bodies. They bathe to get bugs and dead skin off of their bodies.

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I didn't know that zebras were bathing when they roll around in dirt! I wonder what other animals bathe in strange ways...

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