It’s no optical illusion… this is a real-life zebra crossing

Aug 5, 2013 - 13:55
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It’s no optical illusion… this is a real-life zebra crossing
Now you see it: The escapee zebra stopped in the middle of a road junction after leading police on a chase through the German city of Bitburg (Picture: EPA/Bitburg Police)

The animal led police a merry dance around the city of Bitburg, in Germany, 200km (125miles) west of Frankfurt, when it escaped from a circus then suddenly vanished from view.

Baffled officers couldn"t understand where the zebra had disappeared to –  then realised its black and white markings were the perfect disguise to blend in with striped markings at a road junction.

The camouflage confusion sounds like a tall tale, but police say it took them a few seconds to realise the circus performer was standing directly in front of them as it stood motionless in the middle of the road.

Police say the animal showed no fear as cars drove past the unusual sight.

It obediently waited in the road until a circus keeper came to collect and retu it to the Big Top.

‘Everything went smoothly in the end," a police spokesman told German newspaper Bild.

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