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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 or the new one Melody is working on
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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