Re: RC: Re: Long-ear ????

[Teddy Lancaster <teddy@runningbear.com>]

> A burro is a donkey.  Burro is the Mexican word for donkey.
> Burro is also the term some use for wild donkey.
> A stud donkey is a jack.   A gelded donkey is a john.  A female donkey is a
> Jennet.  A female mule is a molly.   An ungelded mule (always sterile) is
> called a jack mule.   A gelded mule is called a john mule.  Some molly mules
> can actually reproduce but very rarely.  Something about the number of
> chromasomes becomes an odd number in the offspring of a horse/donkey cross.
> An odd number of chromasomes cannot split evenly thus the zygote cant form.
> (may need Heidi's help here)
> A jack to a mare is a mule
> A stallion to a jennet is called a hinney
> A zebra to a horse is called a zorse (still a mule)
> A zebra to a donkey is a zonkey (can reproduce)

Where does a "jenny" fit in?

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