Horsing Around - Burchell's Zebras
Ronald W. Schlorff©
Original (30 x 40) - $2500.00
The water holes of Africa's great savannahs are vital to the wildlife of these ecosystems. In many ways, the availability of water is the primary determinant of the distribution of animal populations, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions of the planet. Burchell's zebras along with many other plains ungulates depend for their lives on the scattering of water holes through out the plains of their home continent. During periods of extended drought many animals die for lack of water to drink and the grass and brush land food that is also dependent on sufficient rainfall to supply the nutritional needs of many species of wildlife.
In this painting, I've shown three Burchell's Zebras engaged in social behavior of some type at a water hole that is nearly dry. Perhaps there are other sources nearby, but soon the lack of water in this particular area will cause stresses on local populations of wildlife such that they may have to range far and wide for sufficient supplies of free water. Animals such as the nomadic zebra can move on to search for new sources of the life-giving liquid, but others may be residents in a local area and will have to wait for the next cloud burst to quench their thirst.
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