BALTIMORE, March 22 (UPI) -- Three zebras were quickly rounded up after escaping from a Baltimore arena where Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus is playing.
"They may have thought they were headed home," Carrie Coleman, a veterinary technician with the circus, told The Baltimore Sun.
It's not clear whether Mali, Giza and Lima think of the African savanna as home since they were born in Missouri. The same three zebras, along with a fourth named Guinea, made a previous escape, also brief, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
"They must have enjoyed the mountains," Coleman said.
In Baltimore, the three got out of the 1st Mariners Arena and got half a block away.
Coleman said she was scared when they were in the street but luckily no cars passed and they moved to the sidewalk.
The animals are gelded Grant's zebras. The species is known for good eyesight and speed.
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