Quagga is also an old Afrikaans word for Zebra and and essentially a Quagga is a Zebra without stripes on its legs. DNA analysis done on old skins from the British Natural history museum has determined that the Quagga is not a different animal from your common or garden variety of zebra and so they are now being bred back by using Zebras with Quagga characteristics. They will be introduced back into the wilds in the next few generations. Was that far enough off topic for everyone I wonder?
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