By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 20:22 EST, 5 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:06 EST, 6 August 2013 . A crafty zebra which had escaped from a circus tried giving police the slip when it used its stripes to blend in with markings on a road. The animal paused completely motionless in the middle of the junction in Bitburg, Germany. Drivers were left scratching their heads when they realised they had witnessed a real life zebra crossing. Camouflage: The zebra had been walking around the streets of Bitburg in Germany before it stopped on the striped markings on a road . Despite the animal's camouflage attempt, officers were not fooled and the zebra was taken back to the circus by its keeper. 'Everything went smoothly in the end,' a police spokesman told German newspaper Blid. A similar incident happened on a motorway in Atlanta in 2010. A 12-year-old zebra called Lima broke away from trainers before wriggling through an opening and escaping from a circus. It galloped along and across a busy motorway with police in hot pursuit. Lima a 12-year-old zebra galloped away from its owners in Atlanta in 2010 .
Animal had escaped from a circus in Bitburg, Germany .
Despite the camouflage attempt, officers were not fooled and he was picked up by his keeper .
By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 20:22 EST, 5 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:06 EST, 6 August 2013 . A crafty zebra which had escaped from a circus tried giving police the slip when it used its stripes to blend in with markings on a road. The animal paused completely motionless in the middle of the junction in Bitburg, Germany. Drivers were left scratching their heads when they realised they had witnessed a real life zebra crossing. Camouflage: The zebra had been walking around the streets of Bitburg in Germany before it stopped on the striped markings on a road . Despite the animal's camouflage attempt, officers were not fooled and the zebra was taken back to the circus by its keeper. 'Everything went smoothly in the end,' a police spokesman told German newspaper Blid. A similar incident happened on a motorway in Atlanta in 2010. A 12-year-old zebra called Lima broke away from trainers before wriggling through an opening and escaping from a circus. It galloped along and across a busy motorway with police in hot pursuit. Lima a 12-year-old zebra galloped away from its owners in Atlanta in 2010 .
A crafty zebra which had escaped from a circus of the junction in Bitburg, Germany. Drivers were animal's camouflage attempt, officers were not fooled and the zebra was taken back to the circus