Tophat665

Zebras are too ornery to tame on any sort of organized basis. This per "Guns, Germs, and Steel", Diamond, Norton 1999.

As for why a Zebra as a sign of massive endowment, that's a good question. I would have gone with whale or elephant or bear or bull, not zebra.

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