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Donkeys and Mules
A donkey is a domesticated member of the horse family that is surefooted and can carry heavy loads over rough terrain. A mule is the sterile hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, characterized by long ears and a short mane.
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If I had a donkey and he wouldn't go Do your think I'd beat him Oh no no?
I'd put him in a barn, and feed him some corn. He'd be the best donkey that ever was born.
What is a male and a female donkey called?
Male donkey is called a Jack and a female donkey is called a Jenny.
Yes, it's related to horses and donkeys. It's often referred to as an Asian donkey. Onsager were once domesticated and are mentioned in the Bible as "donkeys", their being native to the Middle East.
How is a mule example of hybrid?
It is an example of an animal whose parents are of different species, normally Equus asinus x E. caballus, or the other way around (which is usually called a hinny). All male mules are sterile, as are other male mammalian hybrids. The females can produce foals if stimulated to ovulate.
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A male donkey and a female horse. A Hinny is a cross between a male horse and a female donkey.
Mules are an exceptional hybrid because?
They're not exceptional at all. All hybrids show what is termed "hybrid vigour" due to the difference in the genetic codes of their parents (i.e. they share few alleles). Mules are very typical hybrids in that they are strong, larger than their parents, and good doers. The same applies to crosses between Bactrian camels and dromedaries (which have one hump, by the way!)
What is the hearing frequncy range of donkey?
Their hearing range is typically 10 Hz to 40,000 Hz. It just depends on the animals age and their location.
Mule. Cross between a horse and donkey. This animal is sterile. It also has a donkey's shaggier coat, upright mane and long ears and its legs are more compact than a horses (less slanted). However it has the horse's intelligent face and eyes, the horse's sleek barrel and usually the horse's hard hooves.
A male mule is called a john, whether or not it is castrated.
What is a donkey's call called?
A donkey's call is often called a bray, though of course they make more than one kind of noise.
What kind of symmetry do donkeys have?
Donkeys are mammals, and mammals, like all vertebrates, have bilateral symmetry. This means they have symmetry across one plane (known as the sagittal plane, and directly down the centre of their body), which means one side of their body approximately mirrors the other side.
What is a jenny pertaining to mules and horses?
A jenny is a female donkey. When bred to a horse (stallion) the resulting foal is referred to as a hinney.
A jack is a male donkey. When bred to a horse (mare) the resulting foal is referred to as a mule.
There are apparent differences in the hinney and the mule with the mule being much preferred.
It is the ratio of the total mass of a specified element in the earth's crust of ten expressed as a percentage. For example, the abundance of aluminum in the earth's crust is 8 percent
Sweet, stubborn, sensitive. I have donkeys and my little sis rides this huge mammoth donkey and never fell off once because she is so careful to kids or new beginners.
I ofcourse fell off my donkey hundreds of times but NEVER got a brocken bone, They are so careful and would never step on you and they use there neck to catch you if you start slipping. I NEver fell hard before! :D
Yup!
How do you say donkey in PERSIAN?
Khar
(KH-pronounce with the back of your mouth; like khan
A-like the "a" in apple
R- just like in red...)
KH-A-R
A mule is the hybrid cross of a donkey jack for a father and a mare (horse) for a mother.
How does a mule protect itself?
As with all equines, a mule either tries to run away from danger or kicks hard backwards with its hind legs (whose hooves can do significant damage).
