The Difference Between a Quagga

and a zebra is, the quagga
is striped only in front
and solid brown behind.
It’s like an Appaloosa reversed.

The other difference is—
there are no quaggas any more.
Or there weren’t.

Selective zebra breeding got us
back to half-striped quaggas
in just three generations.
It’s like extinction
reversed.

--with thanks to the Quagga Project

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