Horse or zebra? Unusual zebrula draws crowds in Germany

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Wed, 04/07/2007 - 4:07pm

sabine

Location: Ontario, Canada

Joined: Oct 3 2006

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BERLIN (AFP) - A zebrula -- a cross between a horse and a zebra -- has drawn curious onlookers to a zoo in Germany because of its unusual coat.

While zebrulas have been in existence since the 19th century, this one is particularly unique: its coat is sharply divided between horse and zebra, says Safaripark, a zoo near northern Guetersloh.

The animal, which is slightly more than a year old and is named Eclyse, has a zebra head, while the first half of the rest of its body is white and the second half is zebra-colored.

It arrived at the zoo three weeks ago from Italy.

taken from yahoo news July 4, 2007.

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Wed, 04/07/2007 - 6:13pm

Ingwe

Location: OK, USA

Joined: Mar 14 2006

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The animal, which is slightly more than a year old and is named Eclyse, has a zebra head, while the first half of the rest of its body is white and the second half is zebra-colored.

..... he looks like he could be part Burchell's Zebra, I can see the shadow stripes!

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