Comments on: Zebroids: On Beyond Zebra

By: Kaileigh

Kaileigh — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:32:00 +0000

are these pictures real ? some look almost like they were photoshopped thats crazy!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:04:44 +0000

I doubt Eclyse is a chimera, she/he just has the pinto pattern (white superimposed over the other color) which is very common in horses.

Also – zorses can be trained and ridden like normal horses! It’s pretty cool to see them under saddle or in harness, they’re definitely pretty.

By: ramon

ramon — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:00:31 +0000

But Mr. Ed was a full bred Zebra, right?

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:46:45 +0000

oops, I mean “Kenya”.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:46:22 +0000

Is it totally weird that the entire time I was reading this post I was thinking… “Where can you see lions? only in Kenza…where the giraffes are and the zebra!”

By: kitsana_d

kitsana_d — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:37:37 +0000

Oooh, most nifty! Hybrids are a fascination of mine, and now I am armed with more knowledge!

By: CK

CK — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:35:11 +0000

Great post, this was a fascinating read. Eclyse is amazing, I can see why someone could really think the photo was photoshopped.

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:18:47 +0000

I was thinking the same thing Roland!

By: Roland Mercer

Roland Mercer — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:50:17 +0000

The zorse Eclyse looks like a chimera rather than a hybrid. Has her DNA been tested with that possibility in mind?

By: Amauriel

Amauriel — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:31:19 +0000

While I was attending the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio, they acquired two Zonkeys. The story was that there was a carnival owner that had them and abused their animals and U of F was given the rights to care for them until a more suitable home was found. Luckily, I was a very close friend to one of the vet students and was able to visit them during an off time. They were more skittery than an average donkey but still approachable. The picture here is very close to what they looked like, except that both of them had zebra stripes higher up on the legs.