How did the zebra get its stripes? Not many people know this, but zebras aren't actually born with stripes. There is actually an entire industry of people called ""zebra painters"" who go around painting black stripes on zebras. This is done so zebras aren't confused with albino donkeys. - An excerpt from ""Interview with the Dracula: A Contest of Jokes"": http://amzn.com/B00B586REE