In the eighth movement ofCarnival of the Animals, (called Personages with Long Ears), the score is set for the violins. The sounds they make are reminiscent of the sounds of donkeys.IMPROVEMENT: I believe movement four, Hemiones (Wild Asses), is supposed to portray donkeys. Movement eight is more reminiscent of a mule (pack mule).I believe this to be especially true because donkeys can be found in the wild while mules have been bread by man (mule = offspring of a male donkey and female horse).
mule = Maultier mule = Muli
A saddle mule is a mule used for transportation or riding, were as a pack mule is a mule used solely for transporting luggage rather then people.
Mule Skinner
mule = Maultier mule = Muli
A donkey can have offspring that is a mule, a mule cannot have offspring that is a donkey.
tête de mule (addressing the stubborn mule), têtu/têtue comme une mule (describing someone as stubborn as a mule) are standard French expressions.
mule
The name for a male mule is a Jack.
A mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey. A mule is sterile.
A molly (female) mule. The term for a male mule is 'mulet'.
Mules are sterile, a mule is the offspring of a donkey and horse, therefore sterile. A male mule can mate with a female mule, but will never get her pregnant.