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An unintended and unusual coupling between a zebra and a donkey has produced a rare hybrid specimen known as a zonkey.
Ippo, as the newborn creature is called, was born last week at a small zoo in Florence, Italy. The male zonkey has black and white banded legs like a zebra, but has the face, ears and fur of a donkey.
Besides “zonkey,” other names for a zebra-donkey hybrid are “zedonk” and “zebroid.” Such hybrids are said to the offspring of a male zebra and a female donkey. When the roles are reversed, the offspring is called a “donkra,” according to the Huffington Post. A donkra was born in 2011 at a zoo in China.
It’s cute! It looks like something Melody would paint!
Looking for rainbow or pink & teal grab bags!
I had the same exact thought, when I first saw it. But, if Melody painted it, he’d probably be much more colorful!
I had the same exact thought, when I first saw it. But, if Melody painted it, he’d probably be much more colorful!
Nope – Melody was more restrained back in 2010. 😉
she also painted this guy awhile back…
http://www.windstoneeditions.com/blog/last-minute-june-raffle
4 things I'm looking for:
1. Mother Meerkat
2. production color Sitting Young Oriental dragons to be made in more colors besides VF, Brimstone would be awesome!
3. Female Griffin – Siamese with White
4. September Raffle Prize 2022 AHD Male GriffinI THINK that Melody also painted a Zonkey Grand Unicorn but not the Mother, Male, or Young unicorns to match … and I’m quite sure that the zonkey hatching peg was the only pegasus in that pattern.
I love Zonkeys (and zorses).
One of our neighbors on the street we lived on in Shadow Hills, California had a pet zonkey. I would watch out our front window as this zonkey was ( gently) pushed, pulled and coaxed to walk up and down the street on a halter… I don’t think they ever managed to halter train it! Wild things.“Zonkey” is gorgeous! But, unlike “Ippo” born in the zoo, Melody adorned “Zonkey” with fine jewelry & gems! He’s got real “pizazz”!
Totally adorable! I love Melody’s renditions of zonkeys!
Check out my finished artwork at http://falcolf.deviantart.com/ and my sketch/studio blog at http://rosannapbrost.tumblr.com/
Excellent!
Have you ever seen a pic of the wild donkey that domestic ones were bred from? They have stripes on their legs too.
Yes, here’s a close-up image of a wild donkey that shows the stiping on legs;
http://fluteplayer779.deviantart.com/art/Somali-Wild-Donkey-174367309
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