WhenanEnglisharistocratrodethroughLondonin a zebra-drawncarriage, heembodied a dreamdecadesinthemaking, bornfromEuropeaneffortstodominatetheAfricancontinent.
But 19th-centuryEuropeancolonistsfacedbigproblemsastheytriedtocontrolthesprawlingAfricanterritoriesthey'd claimed, oneofwhichwasbitingflies.
Thesepestscouldextracthalf a literofhorseblooddailywhiletransmittingfataldiseasesthatdevastateddomestichorses, leavingcolonialpowersreliantonthousandsofhumanstotransportgoods. Zebras, however, appearedimmunetothesamepitfallsashorses.
WhenanEnglisharistocratrodethroughLondonin a zebra-drawncarriage, heembodied a dreamdecadesinthemaking, bornfromEuropeaneffortstodominatetheAfricancontinent.
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