Zebras rolling in pits help give life to the Namib desert in Africa

Rolling on the ground seems to be essential to life – at least in Africa’s Namib desert, where zebras bathe in dust, creating pits in the landscape that promote biodiversity

Zebras rolling in pits help give life to the Namib desert in Africa

By Richard Kemeny

Zebra rolling successful  the dust

Dust and cover

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Rolling connected the crushed seems to beryllium indispensable to beingness – astatine slightest successful Africa’s Namib desert, wherever zebras bathe successful dust, creating pits successful the scenery that beforehand biodiversity.

The Namib godforsaken is simply a immense agelong of dunes and mountains on the coasts of Angola, Namibia and South Africa. It is the world’s oldest godforsaken and 1 of the driest.

Despite this utmost aridity, galore animals and plants person adapted to survive, including the Hartmann’s upland zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae). Herds unrecorded connected the …

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