zebra are eff to be difficult , poorly - temper creatures , so it ’s understandable that some zookeepers would want to deflect dish out with them . On the other mitt , wildlife common need to draw in customers , and the hoof creatures are gorgeous , so it ’s perceivable that management would want to work around this .
Yet under no destiny should the answer to this quandary be to take a donkey , paint it whitened with black stripes , and put it in a zebra enclosure .
According to a report by Egyptian outletExtra News , Mahmoud A. Sarhan , a educatee from Cairo , was chat the city ’s International Garden municipal park sooner this calendar week when he come across a distich of equines that were clearly not as advertised . After post several photograph and a video to societal medium , the account quickly went viral .
Many veterinarians , contacted by journalist covering the zoological garden ’s cringe - worthy counterfeit attempt , have since stated that there is no way these fauna are zebra , as their stripe patterns do n’t resemble those of any of the three species within the African zebra genus . Plus , real stripes do n’t commence to smear in hot weather .
As for what type of hoofed Trygve Lie under the poorly perform disguise , the long pointy ear and light - colourise snouts make them stagnant ringers for domesticated donkeys . But Sarhan did n’t need an expert to corroborate this .
“ From the first sight I knew that it was a Equus asinus not a zebra as I ’m an creative person . I sleep together the contour of Equus asinus and also I know the build of zebra , ” Sarhan told IFLScience via on-line message .
“ I laughed to death when I saw the donkey , [ it was a ] really hilarious moment for me . ”
When official at International Garden were asked for a reply by local radio stationNogoum FM , director Mohamed Sultanreportedly insistedthat the zebras are genuine .
Interestingly , domesticate donkeys and zebra are intimately related enough that they can produce intercrossed materialization , known as “ zedonks ” . Thesecross - bred animals are often soughtout by exotic animal enthusiasts because they ( sometimes ) inherit the calmer , friendlier deportment of a donkey but keep the beautiful streak of a zebra .
