Zebras are herbivores (plant eaters) that have a unique digestive system that allows them to get higher nutritional benefits from their food than other animals. Zebras get salt from eating plants and grasses. When they are in areas without plants they eat bark and roots from trees.
Though they can be found living in both mountainous regions and savannas, all zebras are herbivores, meaning that they feed on plants.
Zebras graze wherever there is forage, and they have highly evolved digestive systems which enable them to very thoroughly digest grasses with little nutritive value, even dry plants.
In optimum conditions, zebras eat long grasses like Red Grass, which grows abundantly on the savanna. They will also eat shorter grasses, such as those found along river banks. In the wet season, they thrive on flowering plants. They also eat wild legumes.
In less than optimum grazing conditions, zebras can survive by eating the roots and bark of trees because of their adapted digestive systems.
Zebra herds engage in seasonal migrations, often moving toward rivers in the cold season.
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