Zorse - Zebra and Horse Cross Breed
Yes it is real. The zebra and horse cross breed is very common in parts of Africa where zebras are more resistant to diseases and horses are not. By crossing zebras with horses it makes for a healthier hybrid. Such hybrids are commonly called zorse. Zebras crossed with ponies are commonly called zonies. Temperament of the hybrid cross is more like the horse than the zebra. Most resulting offspring of the zebra and horse matings are sterile with the occasional fertile animal resulting. This type of cross breeding of the horse with the zebra has been going on for at least 150 years now.
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WOW,,,ITS A HORSE WITH STRIPS I’LL BE DARNED!!!!
i’ve never seen anything like this before. is that real?
Yes, it’s absolutely real.
The first animal, that white and zebra strips, is not a hybrid between horse and zebra. It is a curious example of somatic mutation: some parts of the body are albine, others are normal. During the development of the zebra, a mutation ocurred in a cell, and all the tissues derived from those cell are abine (not colored).
I find not suprising hybrid between zebra and horses or donkeys, it is possible to obtaing hybrids from very ralated animals. Mules are also hybrid of that time.
I can’t believe that is real.I have been studying it for days now.It is so cool.I didn’t belive that two different kinds of animals could make one animal until I saw a picture of a zorse.I thought that someone just painted the horse to make it look half zebra half horse -also called a zorse-until I studied it for a couple of weeks or so.My cousin found a zorse the other day.We named it stripes.It can run so fast. zorses are so cool that they are probably my favorite animal in the whole universe.