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Demovictory9

(32,419 posts)
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 12:23 AM Jul 2018

Cairo zoo denies its zebras are painted donkeys. you be the judge

zebra or painted donkey?

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fake-zebras-cairo-zoo_us_5b5a22bee4b0b15aba96c1f1


Although the zoo’s director, Mohamed Sultan, insisted his zebras were 100 percent legit to local radio station Nogoum FM, a local vet told the Cairo-based ExtraNews.TV that a zebra’s snout should be black and the stripes should be more consistent and parallel, according to the BBC.

CBS News also notes that zebras and donkeys, despite both bearing a resemblance to horses, are different species.

Other zoos have also been accused of trying to gray the area between zebras and donkeys.

In 2010, a zoo in Gaza painted stripes on two donkeys it purchased for $700 because they were much cheaper than the $30,000 zebras.

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Cairo zoo denies its zebras are painted donkeys. you be the judge (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jul 2018 OP
Important post markses66 Jul 2018 #1
lol Demovictory9 Jul 2018 #2
I think the paint is smearing on the "zebra's" jaw. Jake Stern Jul 2018 #3
Zonkeys! Brother Buzz Jul 2018 #4
It's jail with prison stripes Beakybird Jul 2018 #5
Help Wanted: Jacoby365 Jul 2018 #6
For one thing Zebra ears are not that big and the shape is a little different. Doreen Jul 2018 #7
also, they say the Cairo zoo Zebras are braying Demovictory9 Jul 2018 #8
painted donkey ornotna Jul 2018 #9
Whites Houses denies President is an orange Russian Nero Mero Jul 2018 #10

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
7. For one thing Zebra ears are not that big and the shape is a little different.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 05:16 AM
Jul 2018

Secondly, you can see the damn smudges from the paint.
thirdly, Zebras are taller than donkey's.
Finally, a real Zebra would not be that friendly to strangers or even at all.

ornotna

(10,793 posts)
9. painted donkey
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 10:36 PM
Jul 2018

A zebras snout is black, the ears are shorter and the mane comes up to between the ears.

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