<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Animal Patterns on Pitara Kids Network</title><link>https://www.pitara.com/tags/animal-patterns/</link><description>Recent content in Animal Patterns on Pitara Kids Network</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.pitara.com/tags/animal-patterns/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Why are Zebras Striped?</title><link>https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-are-zebras-striped/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2002 16:23:19 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-are-zebras-striped/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;As a child I was always full of questions. I remember asking my parents why zebras were striped or why did giraffes have such a long neck. Most of the time the answers were elusive and I used to be very irritated. I could never get the right answer to satisfy my curiosity. I now realize why my parents could not give me a concrete answer. You see I happened to be in the same dilemma when my three-year-old daughter asked me the same question! I was faced with the difficult task of giving her half-baked answers or finding the right answers this time.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>