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zebra+donkey=zonk?

#41
Reverend G-Money said:
Anybody here been to Tijuana?? they have these "zonkey" lookin things down there that tourists take souvenir pictures with.. I don't know if it's cross breeding or spray paint, but it's one heck of a sight... wonder how they taste??



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While doing a forum search to find a source for MIM Fenders, this of all threads comes up on TB. What a crack up...yes I see these all the time. Definitely a die/paint job. 100% donkey. While shopping one weekend I saw some tourist having their photo taken with one of these donkeys that seemed to be in a bad mood that day was braying like crazy.
Here's my contribution to the thread for those who haven't had the TJ experience.

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#43
chips said:
hello badgers,

someone tried to tell me today that u can cross breed a zebra and a donkey to make a 'zonk'.... el what de? :eyebrow: firstly, the last time i checked its impossibles for animals to cross breed (eg;humans and sheep), but they reckon donkeys and zebras have the same chromosone thingies so its possible.... secondly, where in the world do zebras and donkeys live in harmony together where they would breed?..... thirdly, who does who?... it would look awkward with either one of the two animals doin the other.... :p Oh, and also the zonk apparently cannot breed tho as an effect of the cross breeding....

It all sounds far too suss for me and i dont believe it... has anyone ever heard of this before... and can it ACTUALLY happen?!


Peace,
Chips :bassist:
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In Mexico they get Donkeys and make them look like zebras. It's really sad actually.
 
#45
A zonkey (also known as zebrass, zebronkey, zeedonk, zedonk, zebadonk, zenkey, zebrinny, or deebra) is a cross between a zebra and a donkey. The generic name for crosses between zebras and horses or asses is zebroid or zebra mule. Donkeys are closely related to zebras and both animals belong to the horse family. Zonkeys are very rare.

In South Africa they occur where zebras and donkeys are found in proximity to each other. Like mules, however, they cannot usually breed, due to an odd number of chromosomes disrupting meiosis. However, in The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin reported a case of a zonkey that apparently bred with a bay mare to produce a "triple hybrid."

Usually a zebra stallion is paired with a horse mare or ass mare, but in 2005, a Burchell's Zebra named Allison produced a zonkey called Alex sired by a donkey at Highland plantation in the parish of Saint Thomas, Barbados. Alex, born April 21, 2005, is apparently the first zonkey in Barbados.
 
#52
chips said:
hello badgers,

someone tried to tell me today that u can cross breed a zebra and a donkey to make a 'zonk'.... el what de? :eyebrow: firstly, the last time i checked its impossibles for animals to cross breed (eg;humans and sheep), but they reckon donkeys and zebras have the same chromosone thingies so its possible.... secondly, where in the world do zebras and donkeys live in harmony together where they would breed?..... thirdly, who does who?... it would look awkward with either one of the two animals doin the other.... :p Oh, and also the zonk apparently cannot breed tho as an effect of the cross breeding....

It all sounds far too suss for me and i dont believe it... has anyone ever heard of this before... and can it ACTUALLY happen?!


Peace,
Chips :bassist:
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probably a zonkey

i hear grizzlies are crossbreeding with polar bears because the bear population is in a bit of a crisis, and they're being dubbed something like "pizzlies" or something
 

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