Why Don't Humans Ride Zebras?

They’re just horses with stripes, right? So why don’t we ride them around like Seabiscuit or Black Beauty?
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[@bigtone7824]

hard hitting questions that people surfing KZbin at 3am need to know

[@MrDbz9001]

Sir you have no idea how true this is 😂😂😂

[@sheharyar6140]

2:08 AM

[@forbes1325]

3:49 lol

[@bunnened...2913]

03:30 For me 😯

[@rufusgoldstein2655]

I know , right?

[@H2Otiger]

i feel like im watching blues clues adult version

[@memejest]

Rocky Math this isn't a porno.

[@supertetramethylcyclohexan39]

yeah you're right, he looks like an adult version of the blues clues guy

[@D01589466]

hyperiuSupern0va The blues clues guy is an adult.

[@jamesha175]

i think the blues clues guy could probably ride a zebra whenever he wanted. wait, he could probably ride anything, not just a zebra.

[@mat2468xk]

Lmao.

[@kadeapplegate9310]

As someone with a horse and lots of experience with them. I am going to point out some areas that are incorrect. 1. A wild horse can kick you just as hard as a zebra. 2. He said horses don’t get frightened easily. That is very incorrect horses get scared very easily.

[@josiesimon6161]

Kade Bould he said zebras can be aggressive but I’ve known some aggressive horses before

[@angelkotilainen]

I once saw a trained stunt horse jump clear in the air and shot across the paddock after he did a loud fart. That says it all about how easily horses can be spooked!

[@helenaBeau]

A lot of what he stated was incorrect

[@nzuzovilakazi756]

@@helenaBeau such as? Not saying you're wrong I just want to know which of his points are incorrect

[@helenaBeau]

Nzuzo Vilakazi we could domesticate zebras if we had the urge to. Im guessing the reason we haven’t is because they’re the size of ponies, and we already have horses lol. They have the exact same fight or flight instinct as horses yet we were able to domesticate. We also have zorses. So I guess some parts he’s not wrong, he’s just against the fact that you can indeed train and ride zebras

[@shamefurdispray6077]

"Breed, breed....here's some food" Heard frequently from my mother in law.

[@Toost914]

Why don't zebras ride humans?

[@FatherBacon]

TheOneManGeekArmy Maybe they do in Soviet Russia lol.

[@polong99]

But horse do ride human... If u know what I mean

[@Toost914]

polong99 Reverse centaur?

[@MCST0RMPEGASIS]

TheOneManGeekArmy I tink he means sex

[@Toost914]

MC ST0RMPEGASIS zooverse-centaur.

[@thekillers1stfan]

"You can't domesticate jerks" >literally domesticated wolves, hogs, and cats

[@morgansultemeier1365]

@one he said in the beginning people have in the past but as a species they can not be domesticated which is true. Only a couple zebras here and there have been domesticated.

[@mvurtp]

Cats 🐈

[@colonelbernie9731]

@@morgansultemeier1365 And what evidence do you have that the species as a whole cannot be domesticated? I have a feeling you are making the same logical mistake as Jared Diamond; because it has not been domesticated yet, it cannot be domesticated. This is of course ridiculous. Im going to need more evidence than that. If man could tame the horse why not the zebra? Oh, zebras evolved in Africa so they had to be able to fight off lions? What of the horse, as potential prey for wolves. If a horse kicks you in the head it could kill you the same as a zebra The fact that numerous different Europeans were able to break Zebras in a similar manner to breaking a horse shows there is potential for domestication. Remember, domestication is a drawn out process that takes many generations to accomplish. Jared Diamond was a quack who had a clear agenda in writing Guns Germs and Steel. Many of his conclusions have been outright debunked, and very very very little of his conclusions are sourced to anything at all, much less to reputable scientific studies.

[@abrahamedelstein4806]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIiYcnqahcqUh8k Zebras can be tamed, Zebras can be selectively bred, Zebras can be domesticated.

[@Daniel-du7pv]

Some studies shows that zebras are easier to domesticate than cammels. The real reason why they have never been domesticated is because they live in subsahrian africa, the only place where humans have such a low IQ that they never extict mega fauna, never developed the wheel and neverdomesticated any animal. In the end, its a good thing humans there never gave the last mental development step, otherwise the african lion would be extict like the european lion, the elephants would be extict like mamoths and americans mastodonts, (extinct by human action) etc.

[@FULLmeltHASH]

Imagine when humans first saw a zebra.. i’d be like “wtf am i looking at?, am i even awake right now?”

[@mastergoku4321]

Imagine a giraffe

[@nemod3338]

What humans? You talking like humans landed on Earth from another planet. Or you meant first Europeans visiting Africa? When you are baby everything is like wdf.

[@whitethemeisgood4728]

@@nemod3338 Lmao we didn’t land on earth from another planet and humans wouldn’t think zebras are anything special especially when Siberian unicorns were around.

[@lil_weasel219]

People saw a zebra before the horse obv. Humans first evolved in east africa

[@Guitcad1]

Humans have always been around zebras. We co-evolved with each other in Africa.

[@TanukiOfficial]

Is this a parody video? 🤣 0:57 Where the video takes a sad turn 2:36 This is getting personal 3:35 Here is the answer

[@Otondabeat]

i scrolled down at 3:35 to read the comments and i was disappointed

[@treyski5639]

Huh

[@mkocel]

@Allah is Satan(Saturn); Mahomet=Baphomet they arent related to horses, they are more related to wild asses or donkeys. they will fuck you up too, ask any zookeeper who the biggest asshole in the zoo is, its not the monkeys, its the effing zebras.

[@PrivateEyeYiYi]

Is that a real striped shirt or are those just painted on?

[@BrainStuffShow]

All of Josh Clark's clothes are actually elaborate body paintings.

[@dannggg]

lmfao

[@330MillionGods]

tail ?

[@constanceanderson3974]

LOL LOL LOL😄

[@melchizedeck.]

PrivateEyeYiYi 😂😂😂🤣

[@hsmgeek4ever]

My German teacher had a Zebra. I had no idea where or how she got it, but it was pretty cool.

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

Souls Are For Squares Strangely, Germans have a thing for Zebras and scheisse films.

[@alexsmith5606]

you can buy pet zebra in US without any problems. you can also buy a zebroid (zebra/horse or zebra/donkey hybrids)

[@brain7267]

So basically If a small person managed to tame a zebera mount, they'd have transportation that can kick and bite really hard. That would be awesome!

[@pnutbutrncrackers]

As one who has been a science teacher, this is the best video and explanation I have yet come across on an interesting question widely wondered about (and regarding which many make wrong assumpions). Thank you!

[@elijah4878]

500 B.C. : what are we? 1600 :why do we love each other? 2017 : why don't humans ride zebras?

[@hanifnasyawan8985]

Jermaine Flowers i think it's pretty cool. they're asking the unasked 😆

[@jimgkang667]

3018:How the fuck are we still a thriving species?

[@palebluedot7435]

+Tyrone Rips Up Cats Kang OK so helmeted guinea fowls and asses are the two I heard about. I think their is something about the elephant but idk. go look it up I'm just a guy on KZbin

[@palebluedot7435]

+Tyrone Rips Up Cats Kang no African forest elephant have been put up to question for some reason I'm positive ive seen this. regular African elephants are to aggressive

[@crawfordtorr8749]

i blame kim jung un for this

[@SuperStarMusicChannel]

I like how he dressed like a Zebra for the video aswell.. the man went the extra mile lol

[@lorierush6561]

lol

[@kennikuhlmann-clark9860]

Apparently, they don't rent-out the rear halves of zebra costumes....

[@hubertrobinson8825]

To explain something he's not very sure of

[@thetoycollectorofseville6428]

Now that I think about it, I kind of wish we could ride sheep. It must feel so nice to sit on something soft and wolly.

[@godofobelix]

Do 100% imprinting , and you will get 30% additional damage and resistance when you ride it

[@mkocel]

isnt there a mana regen bonus with that? lol

[@lightningbrigade257]

I used to ride a Dragon until I took an arrow to the knee.

[@lightningbrigade257]

stopsignpeep It was a lame joke but I just couldn't help myself.

[@yourmomasaurus]

Lightning Brigade yes. I'm a khajiit in that game, and I can tame and ride dragons.

[@lightningbrigade257]

Jenna Zornes That's cool. Khajites also make the best thieves

[@scp--297]

Same though now I have a job as a gurad now. It's not that bad. I get to bother citizens which is fun.

[@syv4192]

SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS!

[@davyiejonesee2039]

We had three zebras for 27 years. We rode them like horses. Never had any issues.

[@SMK-SAS]

davyie jonesee Where?

[@atokirinasubs803]

You rode them like horses,THEYRE NOT HORSES

[@atokirinasubs803]

@Luke Lavenson what do you mean

[@agentxp6331]

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[@MychMych1]

@@atokirinasubs803 Leave.

[@KramuWu]

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[@codycrossman]

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[@shashakeeleh5468]

Wild horses aren't going to let you ride them either, and horses panic easily!

[@Wandrative]

shashakeeleh In reality donkeys were domesticated from zebra-like species so Idk what this vid is talking about

[@tankboy2adfwd]

That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works. Wild or tame is a product of individual life experience. You don't tame a species.

[@fearlessgentleman]

sasori2425 try domesticating a crocodile. it dont work. do you know how long people have lived in Africa and have tried to domesticate these animals? a long time! theres a theory that says that part of the reason of subsaharan africas slow rate of advancement is the fact that they have almost no domesticable animals. other reasons include nonnavigable rivers, smooth coastline, limited access to trade routes, and lions.

[@shashakeeleh5468]

sasori, no need to be a smartass! I wouldn't trust any fox, boar or other naturally wild animal for anything. They might be somewhat domesticated, but their wild instincts are still alive and well; even a domesticated horse is still a herd animal and behaves as such. Get real!

[@fearlessgentleman]

shashakeeleh “so zebras would be fine under domestication just like any other animal it takes time.” you said it. not me. sheesh

[@Steven-ck8gz]

The aggression thing isn't a factor, during the process of making a species domesticated, they usually become less aggressive. Look at pigs, the pigs that were first domesticated were boars, which are super aggressive. Zebras probably could be domesticated just with people already having horses there is no reason to go through the lengthy process when they would offer nothing that a horse can't do.

[@danhillman4523]

Hogs are STILL aggressive but he's right that as a whole, they're manageable.

[@billcenne7262]

Yes, it takes decades to truly domesticate an animal. Zebras are so small, you're better off with a shetland pony. Riding horses are twice as big as a zebra.

[@trashpanda5869]

MARK MY WORDS what's a hoax?

The aggression in domestic species is usually confined to the males, and that's easily dealt with by castrating them, only keeping the strongest males to breed. I know Stallions can be ridden, but they're far more difficult to manage. As for Sheep, I know they're supposed to be stupid and placid, and while this is the case in Ewes, don't ever make the mistake of thinking a Ram is equally placid. Believe me, an aggressive Ram can easily kill a man. It's also why most male Cattle are castrated. Steers aren't aggressive. You can walk through a field of Steers, but Bulls need a field all to themselves, and have to be handled completely differently. Same goes for Pigs. Boars are REALLY dangerous, AND intelligent. But Gilts are manageable.

[@adamkhan4451]

Here’s the thing elephants are tameable but they get spooked incredibly easy. It never got bred out even tho elephants have been used for so long

[@nusarratshaikh4893]

I feel very happy for you toby, finally you are doing a job you like.

[@youcanfoolmeonce]

This is all BS. Wild horses were like zebras in nature, still they were domesticated thousands of years ago. Black Africans didn't domesticate them because they didn't want to draw the attention of the lions upon themselves. Imagine riding along on a zebra and come across a pack of lions; the rider would've been a meal as well.

[@VaibhavKumar-dx5xl]

I like the way you described Africans as black,

[@arlmelendez9451]

autobotfan11 I think that's why he liked the pointing that out 😎

[@VaibhavKumar-dx5xl]

@@hunterweedman523 state your references or shut up.Remember we are talking about time earlier than 3000 bce.

[@VaibhavKumar-dx5xl]

@@hunterweedman523 when you say black you cover all the black ethnicities.

[@okaro6595]

Nice theory, until you consider the historic distribution of lions. brilliantmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/World_Lion_distribution.png

[@ChuckCoy]

What animal do I want to ride? That's a no brainer, UNICORN!

[@ChuckCoy]

P̷s̷ʏ̷ᴄ̷ʜ̷ᴏ̷ᴛ̷ɪ̷ᴄ̷ R̷ᴀ̷ɪ̷ɴ̷ʙ̷ᴏ̷ᴡ̷ᴢ̷ One is never too old for unicorns.

[@MintyMiku]

I want to ride Pegasus :D

[@8GrantRantsUnited8]

All this is telling me is that we're not riding Zebras because we're not trying hard enough.

[@Volcraine]

And there are several movies with ridden zebras. They probably only happen in movies. Way to go hollywood

[@MaryBarranti]

Or horses painted to look like zebras.

[@Volcraine]

+AuntMinnie More Like donkey. they Resemble each other alot

[@MaryBarranti]

Volcraine You've got a point.

[@lusciouslocks8790]

It tells me 6 reasons why they can't be domesticated. :\

[@sk00411]

The horses that get arrested for criminal activities and are put in jail uniform become Zebras. That's why people don't ride them 🤣🤣🤣

[@hunterelrod3092]

@one It's a joke

[@thabietgabier9025]

The video drags and your comment just changed the vibe🤣🤣🤣

[@Roderick789]

I saw a video previously explaining this and I still didn't understand, but you explain it very well

[@NicholasLionRider]

By that logic I sorta feel ANY animal if time put in, could be domesticated. You have to consider, wolves and wild horses back in the day weren't the most "calm" of animals, but we eventually tamed them and bred them into mans best friend and riding companions. In truth, if we tried, I could easily see a day where lions/tigers/bears/rhinos could be domesticated. Merely comes from the effort humans are willing to exert and the payoff. Look at India, there they HAVE domesticated elephants, which by definition, should NOT be able to be domesticated. Taming isn't different from domesticating, it is just domestication on a smaller scale. If you "tame" 6 bears, breed those bears, "tame" their offspring, pass down this acceptance to your children, you will have a legacy of several "domesticated bears". Like I said, the only real reason this isn't done is, A. Upkeep (you need to hold up your end of the bargain for domestication, which usually means food and shelter expenses), B. Use (Could bear skin rugs, ivory and other products be useful if mass produced like leather? Sure, but its for such a niche audience it is currently easier to find some stuff from the black market) and C. Patience (we can't one day wake up and domesticate cougars, it would take many generations, for effectiveness I'd say at the very least 5-6, and most humans just don't care enough). That's my little lecture, take it or leave it.

[@PlainsPup]

+Nicholas LionRider Interesting comment. However, I think that a species must naturally have those 6 traits somewhere in its genome waiting to be expressed, or else it will never be domesticated.

[@stannisbaratheon7985]

+Nicholas LionRider Maybe you should ride a lion.

[@scarletpeoni9347]

+Nicholas LionRider My thoughts exactly, im intrigued by the reseach that went into this video for all the wrong reasons. And I doubt it would be niche, but it would brings its value down, nobody poor buys ivory. Ivory was popular at one time and affordable, obviously not the poor but to people other than the richest people. What the inexperienced observor doesnt take into consideration is how many accidents and deaths still occur from accidents/attacks from domesticated species that have been bred over all of that time. Horses still kill people, so do dogs. If bears, zebras or cougars were tamed, you would get a lot of accidents in the beginning but its expected and then the numbers would die down. Control who actually breeds the animals and why. You only have to look at the difference between a person training a dog to help a blind/deaf person compared to someone training a dog to fight other dogs. Eriskay ponies were bred for temprement. There are lines of chestnut horses that a lot of people will avoid due to the 'crazy' gene, yet they are still bred due to being good at sport. People breed for different things, obviously, so that is where the issue is, not on the speices itself.

[@malcolmt7883]

+Nicholas LionRider , I wonder if it was one crazy dude 10,000 years ago who announced to the tribe that he was going to go jump on the back of a wild horse and see what happens. Maybe people who would make that sort of decision are exceedingly rare and short lived?

[@scarletpeoni9347]

Ed Harley Look at a horses evolution and it makes more sense. There are still wild horses and not every single horse will throw a person off, its like saying that every dog that has never been handled will attempt to savage a person that does.

[@mybrotha8144]

bcuz zebras don't play that shit

[@alwaysblessed5243]

@Rastaman Miller right to the point👏

[@mybrotha8144]

My Dad is Nigerian and a teacher. He made sure that I know where I come from. Zebras ain't going

[@alwaysblessed5243]

@Rastaman Miller Gotta love a smart man😉

[@mybrotha8144]

Brown Beauty80 gotta love a woman who recognizes it. And did I forget to mention that my favorite color is brown..........Suga lol. U look very editable😏

[@alwaysblessed5243]

#Rastaman Miller lml thank u for making me smile cutie😊😊😊

[@eloyreveronrizzo4800]

I thought zebras were bigger. You learn something new every day!

[@davidtexmex1616]

This should be an extra on the Swiss Family Robinson DVD. DVD… what year is it?!

[@Scott86Free]

Man way to dash my hopes of riding a zebra across africa

[@BrainStuffShow]

Sorry 'bout that.

[@patyromero3766]

Scott86Free hahahaha

[@deeplyingplaymaker8804]

Scott86Free yeah,cos africa is a country full of bushes right?

[@nebraskahusker247]

Suazo Dr ...africa is a continent not a country

[@deeplyingplaymaker8804]

Jesus Christ! Don't u get sarcasm?

[@JoyFerret]

>Get white horse >tattoo with black tripes >go to public park >Zebra rides! (Only $10) >Profit

[@lukas_m173]

genius!!!

[@lauson1ex]

Amazing!

[@Chepecafeteria]

or... check this out!! >get black horse >tattoo with white stripes >go to public park >zebra rides $21 >more than twice the profit!! >huh? huh? what do u think? >lmao

[@YoungWlilly]

OR ... check me out.. >get any damn color horse >go to public park >horse rides $20 >kids love horses >parents love kids >make money without buying any damn paint >whos got time to paint a horses body >make money either way >right? .. RIGHT

[@kingmaru1401]

That or get black horse and tatto white stripes

[@ariellebell8897]

Why are you saying that riding a Zebra would break its back when you literally just showed 2 different people riding different Zebras???? That makes a lot of sense.

[@VanTheGamer07]

When I was young, I always asked my dad this 😂

[@scottcarter6623]

There is a huge flaw in the argument about the characteristics of what is required for an animal to domesticated. Several of these characteristics are not requirements of domestication, but the result of domestication. The ancestors of domesticated cattle had a very bad disposition. The closes wild cattle the Auroch were notoriously violent. Also dogs break the mode as you can not say that wild Wolves are calm. the Russian study on domesticating wild foxes have shown that with dedicated selective breeding domestication is very possible.

[@AtlantaTerry]

"... dogs break the mode"? LOL! Don't you mean "mold"?

[@saribeepo.o5111]

Agreed, I'd wager the only actual thing that matters is the ability to breed in captivity. Animals that aren't social can relate to and be trained by animals. Furthermore, I'd be willing to bet a more social disposition could be fostered in these animals with less need for competition due to food availability and human intervention, not to mention selective breeding. I don't know much about ferrets, but I suspect that prior to domestication they were much more like the American Polecat, which is not social... even with 'growing quickly', sure the quicker they reproduce the quicker you'll be able to domesticate them, but are there really any animals on Earth that take so long from gestation to reproductive age that it would render domestication impossible?

[@palebluedot7435]

Scott Carter nah they are somewhat requirements More like animals who have these or some propensity for these traits are good for domestication.

[@davidweihe6052]

Sari Beep o.O> but are there really any animals on Earth that take so long from gestation to reproductive age that it would render domestication impossible? Indians elephants still cannot be bred by humans. They still have to breed in the wild, then some are captured while young and tamed individually.

[@saribeepo.o5111]

+David Weihe If they won't breed in captivity as you suggest, then the problem is they won't breed in captivity, not that they have a long gestation period. It's not the same problem

[@orange42]

Zebras seem to be smaller than I imagined. Horse shaped so I guess I had always assumed they were horse size.

[@neeneko]

orange42 'horse size' covers a pretty wide range as it is.

[@nicol1146]

orange42 They are donkey shaped and donkey size cause they are donkeys.

[@douglasdholt]

+neeneko Depends on what you're referring to... ;)

[@husky_gaming5560]

+orange42 yeah your right

[@husky_gaming5560]

+husky_gaming 55 hmm

[@juliomac8497]

Idk how I got here but this was a great presentation. Thanks

[@sexyUMF]

hahaha Josh! I have facial agnosia at some point (1:13) I recognized your voice and was like...Josh?!

[@Masterpieceman16]

I always kinda thought any animal can be domesticated with selective breeding. I watched this documentary about how they domesticated some foxes in just 50 years by constantly only breeding the tamest ones together until 50 years later they got a whole group of really nice foxes. I suppose you could do that with any animal.

[@Jebu911]

Yeah i still assume that too after this video.

[@oyekanmieniolanaheemat3063]

@@Jebu911 it's really true. Maybe we just don't need to ride them as we have horses to ride already or because the species are in Africa.

[@oyekanmieniolanaheemat3063]

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[@Jebu911]

@@oyekanmieniolanaheemat3063 Yeah its just whats the cost benefit of taming zebras except that they look nice when we already have horses for all its other possible purposes

[@sgtslippyfist6345]

i think this guys son hosted blues clues

[@RILLAMAN84]

Lance Pierce Oh snap! he does look like him lmbo, dang! I was just thinking while watching this, "man, why does he look like someone I've seen before".

[@jackalope2302]

Lance Pierce I reckon if you're into that sort of thing.

[@elizabethaguilar3089]

Ur very insightful and I’m glad u had every question my husband was thinking. For first time someone lest him speak less thanks for u accurate details

[@Timasion]

This video didn't do a good job explaining why humans don't ride zebras. All the attribute he listed were likely a result of domestication, not the reason for domestication. His explanation can be summed up by saying: "The reason people don't ride zebras is because they're wild animals." It's the same reason we don't ride bears or keep cougars as pets. The question is why didn't humans domesticate zebras. He failed to address that question.

[@NCF8710]

+Brian Stuart He actually did. He explained that the zebra is unsuitable as a pack animal and is not sturdy enough to carry a rider. If an animal species has little utility value, there is no reason to domesticate it.

[@Timasion]

NCF8710 Currently, it is unsuitable. Do you think the horse was suitable when it was originally domesticated? Or did it take years of breeding to make the horse what it currently is. Keep in mind that we have domesticated the horse for about 7500 years or more. Take a look up the Tarpan or Przewalski animals as predecessors to the modern horse. They have been bred to usefulness. Much like the modern dog has been bred from the wolf.

[@littlefootfeet]

Yep I agree. The wild ancestors of cows, pigs, horses, sheep and goats were NOT the placid animals we know today. They would have been rather dangerous, yes even the sheep. And horses backs are still not designed to carry us! We just do it anyway and the ones who happen to cope best get bred more. Same thing could be done for the Zebra- in fact as the video itself shows, there are ALREADY some zebra that are more tame and have stronger backs. Hey presto, breed those. Overall I think it's not "impossible" to domesticate any animal. All it means is gradually breeding for a lack of fear of humans. That's all the Siberian fix program did, and the foxes even got other signs of domestication like retaining juvenile traits into adulthood- like floppy ears. But surely, some animals are more difficult to deal with, plus the species we domesticate are influenced by what we need.. If you NEED a source of meat, you're more likely to risk breeding wild cows. Once we did the work of domesticating horses, who would anyone want to do it again for zebras? It's not impossible, it's just there's no big motivation to do it.

[@Timasion]

littlefootfeet I agree with what you posted. My criticism of the video is that it doesn't explain why the zebra wasn't domesticated in the first place. We know why they're not used today. There is no need. Why weren't they domesticated 7000 years ago?

[@Ravinian]

+Brian Stuart I agree Brian. People love to throw around the idea that "x" species can't be domesticated. I feel they are simply underestimating the power of evolution. Of the six ideals "needed" for domestication on the list, I feel only "can breed in captivity" is actually a deal breaker. I'd imagine the reason Zebras were not domesticated was because it simply wasn't worth the effort to the people in the area at the time. I don't believe modern humanity couldn't domesticate the Zebra if we wanted to apply the time and resources.

[@ChetzNation]

No, no and no. The last purely wild (never domesticated) horses, the tarpans, were about as untameable as zebras. Horses also evolved around lions, sabre tooth tigers, wolves, etc. Jared is trying to push an anti-racist narrative that zebras _couldn't_ be domesticated. To tame a zebra is about as difficult as it was to tame a tarpan, a species Jared completely ignored in his book. The real answer why people don't ride zebras is that the Africans never bred a tame subspecies, so while it is possible to ride zebras, it is as difficult as trying to ride a tarpan, and thus feral or tame horses are markedly preferred.

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

+Chetz Apart from Camels, Donkeys and even Elephants to some degree.. and that's just for riding

[@LukeA1223]

+Chetz see above

[@calliejet4499]

+Chetz przewalski's horses are still wild. They're actually the only horses on earth that are actually "wild" and not "feral"

[@LukeA1223]

My point includes Przewalski's horse, All of these animals can be tamed and trained as they all have the same traits. We assume that because animals are in our presence that we change them (call them 'feral'). Wrong, they change to fit their environment and so change themselves. The trait we use to tame and train these animals is to isolate them from their attachments (family of animals), spend time with us (replacing us as their new family of animals) taking the role of alpha and guiding them in whatever direction suits our fancy. All these animals are differing from each other and will be more or less controllable according to their individual personalities from completely conforming to our will to absolutely uncontrollable. No matter how many generations of these animals we affect there will always be this range of personality apparent in all species. This is my observation as a trainer, the observations of other trainers and observations of animals in the wild. So there individual animals within the species that can't be trained (known as mavericks), some who are hard to train, some in the mid range and some so compliant as to be useless for some applications. Personality is key here. Some people's personality has them able to work with animals and some do not. Even in the 'old west' there were people who couldn't handle even the most well mannered horse. The people who could actually 'break' horses were few and far between

[@ChetzNation]

Alexander Howarth Yeah those too. Zebras could definitely have been bred domestically. Callie Jet Przewalski's horse has mixed with tame breeds, may have originated from domesticated breeds, and has been re-introduced from captivity since it went extinct in the wild. The only _truly_ wild, not feral, horse was the tarpan, whose ancestors had never been ridden by humans. Sadly, it went extinct in the early 1900's, in part because it was weak, and it was near impossible to ride it due to its aggressive nature, making it irrelevant for use by humans. Luke A You're dead wrong. A wild species has a genetic predisposition towards aggression and hostility. A domesticated breed is a breed which has adapted to humans, either because being more docile meant more food and more offspring (as in early dog breeds), or because humans selected docile and profitable animals for breeding outright (called 'selective breeding'). A feral horse is a wild horse that used to be domesticated. It has been bred to be peaceful and complacent. A true wild horse, none of which exist any more (the tarpans being the last purely wild horses), has never had its genes altered by human intervention, and is thus far more skittish and aggressive. Of course, each animal is an individual, but whether 90% of the individuals can be tamed, or 9%, is dependent on whether or not humans have manipulated their breeding pattern to make them more docile and obedient. MattMexor I'm not commenting on that. My point was that Jared was so bent on proving a certain stance due to ulterior motives that he skipped crucial evidence. To start out with a fixed narrative, like an 'anti-racist' (for lack of a better word) bias like Jared did, is bound to give you some trouble, because you'll manipulate your data to fit your thesis and to sell your book. Whether or not SS-Africans tamed camels? No opinion. They might have. Who knows. My point is only that Jared had a fixed goal and that he was thus biased in his conclusions. For instance, he ignored the tarpan and the fact that the true wild horses were just as skittish and weak as zebras.

[@thea-elminerisan1675]

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[@JAY-hi9kv]

This channel didn't make videos for 2 years and now i'm getting notifications?

[@TorontoTransman]

In the big 5 you forgot to mention CHICKENS!

[@BillSikes.]

and donkeys and mules

[@BillSikes.]

JustCurtis FromCanada we don't raise horses for food,not in the UK but some parts of the Europe do,

[@TorontoTransman]

They have yet to explain how they created this list.

[@zinhobarros2592]

Tommy WizOh Dogs assisted with hunting, hearding, and protection. critical animal to have in ancient history

[@sanabriaadrian]

Well, if you put it that way, with time we could just artificially select zebras to be domesticated, selecting the tamest and biggest.

[@davidbarnhart6228]

Adrián Sanabria Sanabria Exactly! But that would be the beginning. The way I figure it, and I'm not an expert. It needs a multi generational undertaking but, I believe if Zebras were bred for a thousand years in captivity, that may be enough time to selective breed an animal that would be so called domesticated. There's no exact record of how long it took to domesticate our current stock of animals but, it didn't happen overnight as you well know.

[@panamanianwhitefacedcapuch4394]

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[@kinkypinky6969]

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[@MikkosFree]

Thank you. Very informative.

[@elenalombardo4680]

From Italy: Thank you for your good explanations, Sir.

[@anzeg-]

How did we ever tame dogs / wolves? They fit none of those criteria.

[@aidanbh]

Food.

[@bernardoblanchetramirez6032]

Anze G watch Cosmos and they will explain it all

[@JonathanChappell]

Dogs fit more of them than not. But I think you have diagnosed a problem with the list. It seems to describe the features of a species that is domesticated, not the features of one that could be domesticated. It's unclear with dogs, but it's suspected that they hung around humans to scavenge our scraps. Ones that were less aggressive and calmer around humans got free food, and were not killed or driven off. There is a city in Africa where this is currently going on with Hyenas.

[@TheGoldenPariah]

Anze G Back in the old days there would be wolves and man. The wolves would have a chemical in their blood that would induce fear in the presence of humans. But there were some wolves that would have a mutation that would have lower levels of this chemical thus being able to interact more with humans. These wolves would realize that if they let there freedoms go and help humans hunt they would eat more regularly.

[@MyChico333]

That's because we didn't technically domesticate dogs. It's a symbiotic relationship, they keep us around for the food and we keep them around for protection and companionship.

[@jakonjake7576]

I wish I can ride seahorse.

[@littlewoodlandsprite6799]

If you get a shrinkray and a scuba diving suit in that size and saddle and bridle you might:3

[@arturolopez450]

Exploring with JAY you can ride these

[@petitio_principii]

First you need a shrinking ray machine for yourself.

[@rovhalt6650]

I searched "Riding Zebra". Result 1: Why Don't Humans Ride Zebras? Result 2: Riding newman the Zebra

[@fametypebeat2909]

Idk why but this was a chill video

[@zmanafacation]

I've been asking this question all my life, and all i ever got was a disappointed look and a face palm. finally someone answers my question. take that grandma!

[@BrainStuffShow]

+zmanafacation BrainStuff: Answering Questions Your Grandma Won't Since 2013

[@stephaniewhite7620]

hahahaha!

[@stephaniewhite7620]

hahahaha!

[@joshneu6402]

+BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks I'm Telling Grandpa. Your fucked.

[@stephaniewhite7620]

Joshua Neuenschwander lol

[@carlacampbell8720]

Hey there is a park with zebras. You get to feed them by hand. I accidentally ended up sticking my whole hand in the zebras mouth. The zebra hardly bit down on me. It didn’t hurt not even a little bit. All the animals there were very polite. I guess being fed by humans and their children all day the animals eventually learn to not bit hard since little kids are sticking their hands in all day. Animals are smart they do learn based on environment. All the animals there are well taken care of and well behaved. The name of the park is Lake Tobias. If have a chance go. It’s surprisingly relaxing feeding animals all day

[@ahhwe-any7434]

We have a park like that where I live in NC. I think I kinda have an irrational fear of giraffes. They're huge. Lambs are cute tho. Or wever those were. Those mommies seem super protective of their young.

[@Onigirli]

@@ahhwe-any7434 Yeah water buffalo mommies are the only animals in my local park I've seen that let us play with their babies without being on edge. Don't know what it is about them that makes them so relaxed.

[@lif3andthings763]

Anecdotal evidence and at a zoo that of all places. Which is actually disproves your point as Zebras injure the most zookeepers out of any animal.

[@gmbbrz]

I like the striped shirt it's a nice touch.

[@oliverpony]

I'm surprised he didn't mention the movie racing stripes

[@LENZ5369]

yeah. no. Taming is the first step, then you selectively breed the tame individuals until you have a 'domesticated' population/species. The cattle we have today seems to be massively different from what we originally tamed -iirc some would be used in Roman arenas. Similarly for dogs, pigs and likely horses -prior to domestication/taming, they would obviously (just like their wild sources) not have had an innate 'pleasant disposition'. For some reason you are comparing qualities of an already modified species to a wild one, it's apples and oranges.

[@hemenkalita6582]

i too think his analogy is faulty. its similar to comparing wolf to dogs.

[@Cynnas]

KR P Yes, that's exactly what he's doing, compareing a wild animal species to domestic ones to aide in the explination as to why we don't ride zebras (as a species); they are not domesticated animals and why (in general) why they weren't domesticated. Those wild animals that were originally selected for breeding to be domesticated would have had to have a somewhat 'pleasant disposition' to begin with in order for it to be selected for breeding. No mean ferocious aggressive wild dog would have beed selected for breeding but the ones that showed a 'pleasant disposition' and tolerated people would have. Signs of that trait would have been there naturally to begin with, in some individual animals, and man exploited it.

[@Cynnas]

KR P Yes, that's exactly what he's doing, compareing a wild animal species to domestic ones to aide in the explination as to why we don't ride zebras (as a species); they are not domesticated animals and why (in general) why they weren't domesticated. Those wild animals that were originally selected for breeding to be domesticated would have had to have a somewhat 'pleasant disposition' to begin with in order for it to be selected for breeding. No mean ferocious aggressive wild dog would have beed selected for breeding but the ones that showed a 'pleasant disposition' and tolerated people would have. Signs of that trait would have been there naturally to begin with, in some individual animals, and man exploited it.

[@DivineBanana]

totally agree. I mean domesticated dogs came from taming wolves. Its not like wolves have a "pleasant disposition"

[@mauricemillen2039]

Xd

[@Nictator42]

I'd be willing to bet that there are actually two main reasons why zebras were never domesticated, and neither of them has anything to do with the reasons presented in the video. Rather, it is because of historical reasons. Firstly, the earliest human civilizations capable of penning and taming work animals grew up in areas where horses and camels were common, leading to the domestication of those. Then, as these societies grew, they would export their horses and camels to their neighbors. Ancient Ethopians and other ancient sub-Saharan African nations would simply import camels from the north instead of trying to tame Zebras. This would be cheaper and less time-consuming. Secondly, most of the cultures in the southern half of Africa never independently reached the levels of development that the northern half of Africa enjoyed, and thus their lifestyle would not have been improved significantly by domesticating large animals like zebras. It wasn't really until the Zulu Empire was founded that they would've found a use for cavalry or zebra-power, and by that point, they could just use British horses and camels. Perhaps if the earliest agrarian civilizations on Earth developed along the shores of Lake Victoria, we would see domesticated zebras around the world today.

[@Nictator42]

Egypt, which was initially predominantly black, probably domesticated camels and definitely domesticated water buffalo.

[@Nictator42]

So, in other words, it has nothing to due with people being black, but rather, southern Africa not being conducive to creating an agrarian society geographically.

[@Nictator42]

***** Well, after doing a bit of digging tying to prove my point, it seems that there is massive disagreement between the world's historians about the nature of ancient Egyptian ethnicity. It seems that the most likely possibility is that they more or less had their own indigenous ethnicity, but I couldn't find any conclusive evidence to prove _any_ of the major theories. Regardless though, ancient cultures like Nubia, Ethiopia, Mali, and Songhai all accomplished great things as well. The only reason they never set about domesticating local fauna (except probably water buffalo in Nubia) was that Egypt existed first and had already domesticated camels and the like. You could say the same thing about ancient Europeans as well, as they only indigenous animals domesticated by them would've been pigs and dogs, and most cultures probably domesticated dogs independently. Long story short, the lack of domesticated sub-Saharan animals has _everything_ to do with geography and ancient trade routes, and _nothing_ to do with race.

[@Nictator42]

***** So I'm not allowed to change an aspect of my opinion after discovering that a claim I made was fallacious? Not everyone is a racist ideologue like yourself, you know. I was simply trying to posit a possible historical explanation for the question that the video failed to properly address. And you felt it was necessary to saunter in and make it about some bullshit like race hierarchy. If you want to bitch about why you hate black people, go do that somewhere else.

[@Nictator42]

***** One's race affects one's intelligence causatively? Evidence, please.

[@A3Kr0n]

Well that's coming off my bucket list. One less thing to worry about!

[@LoveGuruBlaire]

This was great!

[@NarikGaming]

zebras are too mean to be domesticated? cmon now, we domesticated wolves

[@D0wnshift]

Partly. Wolves trained us. The ones with a more docile temperament would hang out on the outskirts of peoples camps looking for free scraps, would be passive if approached and eventually friendly to people that interacted with them enough. Most wolves would have nothing to do with people, but a few learned to they could get free food and shelter by being "nice".

[@pash20]

Yeah, this is all BS. We train mustangs, wolves, bears, killer whales, falcons. Falcons don't meet any of the criteria. Anything can be domesticated, you might think the training to get it there is inhumane but it definitely can be done.

[@REDN0AK]

yes we train wolves, bears, killer whales, falcons.. but we dont DOMESTICATE em. if we would've, there wouldnt be any wolves, bears, killer whales, falcons to talk about... ...just wolvies, bearas, sleepy whales and falcados. it's the same reason why there are no wild cows, sheep, horses or pigs. by domestication u create a new species with new traits (be it behavioral and/or in appearance) example: thats a cow upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Cow_female_black_white.jpg that was the last living wild cousin of our domesticated cow upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Indian_Aurochs_B_p_namadicus_3.jpg/1280px-Indian_Aurochs_B_p_namadicus_3.jpg another example: miss piggy: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Three_little_pigs_%28geograph_4633727%29.jpg/1200px-Three_little_pigs_%28geograph_4633727%29.jpg feral pig: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Wild_Pig_KSC02pd0873.jpg

[@armoredwings4182]

+pash20 What the other guy said, but I'm adding this; Mustangs aren't wild, they are feral. Wild = an untamed animal born from other untamed animals Feral = An untamed animal born from a human domesticated animal A feral animal still has traits of a domestic animal and can be trained, they will just be more wary and alert than a fully domestic animal. The only TRUE wild horses left are the Preswaklsi's horse (may be misspelled), and they have the exact same temperament as a zebra.

[@pash20]

actually, if you turn any of these domestic animals loose, they dont die, they thrive. If you turn out pigs they grow tusks in the same generation. Cattle don't need humans, they do just fine. Bison are domestic and wild. Water Buffalo make up 10% of the cheese industry in america. To milk them I guarantee that they are domesticated. However, there are plenty running around in Africa never touched by man. The idea that its a different genetic being is stupid. Just because we have domesticated most the entirety of these breeds doesn't mean its not possible.

[@monkeyboy4746]

I think he is tip-toeing around the 800 pound zebra in the room, that is that the people in Africa did not recognize what a resource they had in the zebra and thus made no attempt to domesticate them. All the statements he makes about zebras can also be made about prehistoric horses, and they were domesticated and selectively bred to produce the modern horse, a lot of political correctness going on here.

[@TheREALSisko]

+monkeyboy4746 Not everyone views the world via race like you.

[@nosuchthing8]

Apparently zebras cannot support the weight of a human.

[@josephang9927]

Also, That book, the "germs, steel... Bla bla blah" is just bullshit. Really. The author of that book is trying to despise the ideas that made the West great and he says that all human progress was luck. He is an antiwestern jerk.

[@jwenting]

+nosuchthing8 the ancestors of the modern domesticated horse were much smaller and more frail than is the modern horse and could likely not be ridden either. They were much closer to modern day ponies in stature. They were originally domesticated as draft animals to pull carts, plows, and as a source of meat and hides.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

+monkeyboy4746 Exactly. Zebras were able to be used as dray animals. The photos of Rothchilds' carriage show that. The Africans could not figure this out. After being unable to figure this out, they didn't see or understand the need to selectively breed the non-human animals to fit human needs as those humans that were able to leave Africa because they had the ability to understand how to operate in non-African environments, interbreed with another sapient hominid and continued to evolve. The biological laws are operative for all species and sub-species including humans. The problem is that there is a struggle between (1) those who hold to the Darwinian evolutionary concepts and proven genetic concepts concerning humans and its races, and (2) those of a group that defines races and tribes based on a religious belief that their group has a special chosen status. And even if the members of Group 2 aren't practicing their families' tribal-based religion, they are the product of its outlook. Those in Group 2 often use last names of gem stones like Ruby and DIAMOND. Compare and contrast the two lines of thought with the lines of humans and one will notice the connections between them. Political Correctness is the fear of the consequences of the truth.

[@pharoah9ine745]

Well u just killed my dreams of get a zebra 🦓.😂 Thanks man this was a great informative video ✔️💪🏿

[@Kometheus]

GREAT VIDEO

[@chuckreynolds2398]

This is overly simplified. As a person who trains horses, I have to say that horses would barely qualify for much of what this guy says is 'domestication'. They panic fairly easily, they are not so easily fed as might be thought, as can be shown by the industry that exists just to provide their food, and they often have a less than pleasant disposition. Horses have been domesticated for centuries in spite of this, and many of the zebra's 'shortcomings' could have been bred away had anyone chosen to use them as they did horses. The original horse was not much better to tame than a zebra, it simply had the luck(?) of being chosen by humans several thousands of years ago. An even better example would be the dog, perhaps mankind's closest animal companion. If there were no dogs today, this guy would be giving the exact same reasoning for why wolves cannot be tamed.

[@pedroj.rodriguez4807]

Chuck Reynolds *insert thank you gif here*

[@maniswil2]

Yeah he's seriously putting the cart in front of the horse here. In the beginning he says they can't be domesticated because they haven't been in the past. Which by that alone means that the more likely explanation was the humans surrounding them lacked any sort of expertise required for husbandry not that they couldn't be domesticated.

[@marcinrobak6038]

In Russia there is a program of domesticating of fox, after few decades they had success and now for a few thousand dollars everyone can buy a domesticated fox. The same thing could be done with many species, just it takes a lot of time (at least few generations).

[@mat5637]

well you said horse are hard, so zebra shouyld be more hard xD

[@whatevergoesforme5129]

Yes, we humans are highly intelligent that we can do what we want with our environment and the living things that live in it depending on how much it will be benefit us. If there is no benefit for whatever reason, then humans will not pursue an endeavor that much. Of course, with more government control and regulations nowadays, the creative efforts of humans have been limited. However, when we put our mind into something we want to do for personal gain or for something that serves the community, we will do it. That is why we have different kinds of scientific inventions and discoveries.

[@KaizokuKevin]

Zebras are more closely related to donkeys than horses so i like to think we technically did domesticate zebras and called them asses

[@KaizokuKevin]

Grace Onto You well actually there are people who own tigers as pets

[@KaizokuKevin]

Grace Onto You well whats the difference when domesticating animals? Cows pigs cats and dogs were previously all wild ox boars cats and wolves. Sure it takes a long time to "break" an animal but whats the difference between domesticating any animal? Behavior? Theyre all wild to begin with thats why there is the process of domesticating wild animals

[@KaizokuKevin]

Grace Onto You so if you are saying my question was answered in the video than why are we arguing? Because apparently were on the same side if the videos response to the question i asked is "yes" and you're saying that you agree with what the video says

[@KaizokuKevin]

Grace Onto You i just dont know what your point was is all :^)

[@toosiyabrandt8676]

HI That's right and they just lost their stripes in the process!

[@selfademus]

_"breed, breed. here's some food."_ lawl

[@abdulkalampattan3516]

Thank you for explaining

[@Hafnooz]

According to Tarzan, horses kick till you get off them, zebras kick till you're dead. It's almost impossible to tame something born in the wild. And then Samuel L. Jackson said "it worked with you", and the scene ended. Yeah.

[@sunlu-kawaii8903]

I also came Here becouse of the movie Tarzan WHAHAH 😂

[@MrReno54321]

fck me too , im here because of TARZAN movie XD

[@mde3370]

it's true tho

[@ddrose06]

+daimon hellstrom I don't think that is accurate. We have tried to domesticate zebras, and failed. I have seen a list. I think we tried rhinos, as well. No luck.

[@Londronable]

We have honestly only ever domesticated very specific animals successfully. These are those with certain family values. Pack animals in other words that value leadership. Horses do so. Zebras don't. There is an alpha wolf, alpha horse, etc. There is no alpha zebra.

[@wobbegong9958]

I had a dream that i was looking for salamanders, but then they all turned into emus and started attacking me

[@samuelhanks2481]

beau andre ???

[@wobbegong9958]

what

[@samuelhanks2481]

beau andre That dream of yours... sounds very interesting.

[@wobbegong9958]

well that is most of my dreams. they are usually pretty bizarre

[@thiccityd9773]

Thanks for sharing

[@hubertrobinson8825]

A horse might kick you once and go away a zebra won't stop kicking until he's very sure you're very dead

[@safiremorningstar]

Thank you for confirming the information I was given by the teacher some years ago. I couldn’t find it anywhere else. It’s for a story I wrote Just wanted to make sure I get all my facts correct. Thank you.

[@covid19wasaWMD]

I wanna ride a pyterrordactyl. flying through the skies spreading wings spreading pyterror.

[@tommyodonovan3883]

Joseph Rucker Join the mile high club

[@YaBoiDREX]

It wouldn't be able to support your weight.

[@Rometor]

Ark evolved

[@spambamkeija634]

Talk Talk lol

[@cougarhunter33]

Ostriches could gut you in a heartbeat, yet I have seen ostrich farms.

[@ArjanTigchelaar]

I have seen people riding them in special races in the Middle East

[@TH-hl5wi]

+cougarhunter33 I rode an ostrich in Vietnam, pretty crazy, but fun.

[@moxyshock]

+cougarhunter33 I've seen someone ride an ostrich. Probably wasn't good for the bird at all.

[@Dezzerray]

Its like that line from that Tarzan movie ; " horses only kick you off if they get angry, Zebras wont stop kicking you till you're dead"

[@JoesStation]

After watching the 1st episode of "Come Together! to the Seton Academy", I decided I wanted to learn more about Zebras lol

[@BritishConcept]

The one time I went to a zoo, the zebras escaped and started destroying parked cars. They are such total bastards :s

[@G56AG]

I have a little problem with #5 and #6, not panic easily? A lot of 'domesticated' animals can have panic problems, thunderstorms are one of the biggies. A pleasant disposition? A lot of cattle that aren't around humans a lot can be kind of aggressive, and a bull, downright hostile. Horses that aren't really tamed can be pretty aggressive also, some horses which have been tamed can be pretty nasty, though as an individual animal rather than all horses.

[@jamesha175]

G56AG check out youtube - 'jazz for cows' to see an example of cow aggression.

[@thetimekeeper955]

+jamesha175 I presume you're just trying to be funny and are not suggesting that a small herd of regularly handled cattle is indicative of the behavior of the entire population.

[@ModernBladesmith]

Cow aggression. first off the "cow" is a female bovine that has had a calf at one point, and she tried to kick my 8 y/o little brother. although they are normally tranquil, they go bat foot crazy in a t-storm.

[@josephoverall1026]

My cousin has a zebra. She's had him since he was very young. I've ridden him before. Just like riding a wild horse but he's saddle broken and calm now.

[@forryg5432]

Love your Zebra sweater

The real reason people don't ride Zebras, is because African agricultural development didn't need to extend as far as domesticating animals for food, because game was so common. Nomadic African societies domesticated the Camel purely as a beast of burden, because it was more suited to extreme conditions than the Zebra. Europeans first domesticated horses as food, then learned that they were better for riding than eating. (A fact the French have yet to wholly accept)

[@anonb4632]

Cali Braxus Horsemeat is tasty. Just an old food taboo you have rationalised.

[@ivanamicimici]

africans didnt havethe need to domesticate animals,not because there wasa lot to eat bt because hey have no winter hence there is always some plant life to harvest and a lot of sun so your body can acumulate a lot of nutrients just from being outside.europeans dont have enough sun in the winter so there is lack of plant life as well as lack of exposure to sunlight,which is important for maintaining nutrient production and balancing out imunity.

[@Wandrative]

Donkeys were domesticated in Africa... from zebra like species.

[@saribeepo.o5111]

+Iva Sativa Much of Africa goes through a long dry season, agriculturally speaking that's no different then winter, both are times you can't grow your crops. Plus 'lack of exposure to the sun'

[@Weeljak]

Horses are delicious.

[@redyumi6441]

Top five doesn't include chickens? I call bullshit!

[@youssefehab6471]

Red Yumi it's false info I see a lot of cows and pigs turn hostile

[@kapilbusawah7169]

Yeah, I'd say chickens are more needed than pigs

[@jerickogallardo5472]

he's talking about mamals

[@phalenleigh]

horses don't really fit the 6 'rules' for domestication either. when young/feral/ or wild they are very aggressive and very flighty/panic-y I have worked with both domestic bred and feral bred horses (there are no true wild horses in north America after all) and most of them If they aren't handled at birth for the domestics act the same as a feral bred horse who's faced the threat of predators their whole life. most will either run blindly in fear or if they can't do that turn and attack until you place yourself at the top of the pecking order.

[@soulovelee_2433]

1:59 why did I hear „they grill very quickly, so you can grill a bunch of them“ when the cow image popped up? 😅 I had to rewind, like wait minute, did he really say that?

[@melkor0626]

I'm more of the kind that wants to ride a dragon. Thank you, Game of Thrones.

[@hiway19891]

I would love to ride a griffin, it'll be so awesome even though they're imaginary animals.

[@XDRONIN]

I disagree, the wild ancestor of the horse must had not been very different than today's Zebras and we domesticated them. So, the only difference I see is that, for the most part people today don't bother in trying to domesticate Zebras.

[@palebluedot7435]

you have to think about trait. horses fight horses if a losing horse gave up they will live to fight another day. if a zebra gives up it helps the predator go catch more zebra

[@XDRONIN]

Ok.. I'm only proposing that it wouldn't be impossible to domesticated Zebras so, from where do you get the idea that I'm suggesting to actually domesticate Zebras and to continuously keep them free in the African Savannas?? It is *Obvious* that No domesticated animal can survive on his own once it has been domesticated and certainly not survive in wilds of Africa.

[@palebluedot7435]

+XDRONIN no I'm pointing out the initial Resistance to domestication by anything before medieval people would be very difficult. far more difficult then horses who had less predation and inside herd conflict. zebras kill lions and aim their kicks they fluffing aim lol. the real issue is even tame zebra will panic and will fight very hard and can have social orders predicted by genes that are very herd to break. for example taking one zebra out in front of another could cause mayhem.

[@clayfada6993]

Well horses would have had to fight off wolves mostly and they are though formidable hunters much easier proposition than lions and then theres hyenas leopards hunting dogs crocodiles when they go for a drink.So your right the african wilds are beyond anything else in the world

[@beyondspace3736]

in north America was way wilder and bigger ten thousand year ago than Africa

[@19DESERTFOX91]

Funny KZbin recommend this video after watching two videos of people riding tamed zebra... Both were 3-5 years before this video lol.

[@_Super_Hans_]

I miss this channel

[@RMalsawmtluanga]

After watching this video I'm like, "What about Chickens?"

[@JRoDaShoww]

I had an alpaca and it reallyyy didn't want to be ridden. There's no way to catch it when it starts to sprint

[@palebluedot7435]

small animals are easier you can trap them and breed them so small animals don't really count

[@alex.memeflex896]

Riding chickens... You'd need to strap 2 on your feet like shoes

[@MigueluchoLibre]

:-0

[@JustAGuy85]

Breed, Breed! Here's some food.

[@automaton111]

JustAGuy Isn't that how human dating works?

[@thetimekeeper955]

Because dinner and a drink are _totally_ worth potentially contracting an incurable venereal disease? Okay.

[@JustAGuy85]

The Timekeeper Yeah, brah, life is short.

[@Vlad-ue6xg]

I see that striped shirt... you silly Zebra in disguise, you can't fool me

[@mrhendison19]

Oh my I've thought about it I've thought about it going straight through a head.

[@stephenvannattan]

I grew up in Africa, hunted with my Dad on the plains, and later in life I worked in Africa, Tanzania and Kenya in particular. Your info was spot on. The worst of the zebra personality is their tendency to go bananas suddenly. Horses and donkeys will run and play, but a zebra looks like a donkey on steroids when it gets a wild mood. The kicking is very real, but I suspect it could be trained out of them by some careful handling. The other issue you did not mention directly is that zebras, like other wild animals eat various herbs to keep healthy. If these are missing, they could become sick easily. They also have problems with bott flies which fill their brains with bott fly maggots the size of your little finger. These maggots may have something to do with the wild mad frenzied behavior at times. They look like they could be made to do anything a donkey can do, but I never saw or heard of an African taming a zebra to work like a donkey, and with the thousands on the plains, that would be a bargain if it could be done.

[@user-iw7gb6hx2j]

It was done many times in the past, just search online for pictures of people riding Zebras, they also pulled carriages with them, many were apparently very good once tamed. Given that many were tamed, they could have been bred into a domestic species.

[@AngloSaxon-yx8tk]

It can not be trained out of them with careful handling, it will have to be bred out of them with years of selective breeding not training because you can not train Zebras.

[@malkavian5]

I'm sure wild horses were just as aggressive as Zebras. Plus Ancient horses were smaller than medieval horses, and they got to their size through selective breeding. So Zebras could get big enough to ride. If you're familiar with dog breeding, usually as you gain a trait you also lose a trait with selective breeding. Some maybe horses are just domesticated Zebras - Evolved so along ago their roots have been forgotten.

[@ThatGreatGuyJesus]

Yup, and in reality humans already domesticated cats & dogs which are both apex predators If we can domesticate wolves I'm sure we can manage a stripey horse

[@budthecyborg4575]

Two Stallions in close proximity will still kill each other. Some breeds of horse are more docile than others, but without careful and time intensive training early in their life a horse will readily reject people. The Arab breed of horses is most closely linked with their ancient ancestors, they're commonly more fit than European or American breeds and they're probably not too far off from the way horses were thousands of years ago.

[@cadenrolland5250]

There in is the problem, no one really wants to go through all that trouble just to ride a stripey horse. We barely ride horses as it is these days. However, if you were going to go through all that trouble to create a unicorn....

[@miab.3060]

Caden Rolland 'barely ride horses' yep totally

[@i_fuk_religion]

Total crap... wild horses are as much wild and aggressive as a Zebra. And that holds true for all domesticated animals like dogs, buffalo, cats etc. In fact, a Wild Buffalo will just kill you just for fun and for no reason, and is very aggressive, while on the other hand, our domesticated Buffalo doesn't / can't even attack a dog or cat. Horses were tamed first and not zebra because horses are found in Europe and Zebras as found in Africa. It was first in Europe that antibiotics, penicillin, vaccines and advanced taming and domestication methods were developed and not in Africa. So, horses were domesticated first. The reasoning that horses are taller than the zebra and hence were domesticated first, is a false reasoning. Zebra and horses were small and almost equal size many centuries before, but horses have gotten a lot taller because of selective breeding. So, the reason of horse is domesticated and not Zebra is that Humans were more advanced in Europe than in Africa.

[@Sim-ys7cr]

Don't mind I reply this question, because it's EXTREMELY HILARIOUS 😀😀🐴💜

[@marias1609]

Do the criteria for domesticating also apply to wolfes and dog ancestors in general?

[@willcavanagh5261]

I never knew I wanted to know the answer to this question