Check out the new Pied!

It does look a lot like a pied Ball, doesn't it?

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that is too cute... now pied anything looks very pretty!!

So would that be considered a Hebra or a Zorse? :P

My vote is for Zorse...

Weird! I have never seen that one before.. I wonder when someone will start riding them.. forming a registry for them.. there will be zorse shows.. :)

I'm really amazed at how the pattern turned out. Usually you would expect an amalgam of the two breeds like the lion/tiger, but this one really does resemble a piebald. :confused:

That looks so totally photoshopped! :P But since it's an AP photo, I'll give 'em the benefit of the doubt. :giggle:


Seriously, that is really fascinating! I wonder if any others turned out like that?

The term came from horses to start with. :D

I remember a zebra hybrid being born at the Toronto Zoo years ago (it was an accidental mating). Cute little thing with only stripes on it's four legs. Here's a link I found on zebra hybrids and apparently there is a thing called "The American Zebra hybrid/Bloodstock Registry".

http://www.geocities.com/moredonkeys/equinebasics.html

Oh cool!

I wonder if it is handleable; trained to lead, etc. like a horse.. or if it is treated like a wild donkey that'd be in a zoo exhibit.. it does have a halter on, which makes me hope that it is handleable.. It might be built too lightly built for riding, maybe? But it is still young..

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

I wonder if it is handleable; trained to lead, etc. like a horse.. or if it is treated like a wild donkey that'd be in a zoo exhibit.. it does have a halter on, which makes me hope that it is handleable.. It might be built too lightly built for riding, maybe? But it is still young..

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The only thing I've found while reading about these zebra hybrids and riding is that it's hard to do this with normal riding tack due to their lack of withers (apparently horses have withers, zebras do not).

that poor animal is gonna need some therapy to get through that identity crisis.

Hah.. a pinto zorse.. I've seen solid colored zorses before, but not that! Now an appaloosa zorse would be interesting..

People do train zorses for riding.. they can be good horses, but need an experienced trainer.

Discovery of a Leopard skinned Bull has left scientists baffled...and rather amused. :P

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...apord_bull.jpg

Jen a friend of mine had to zebras that he was training to ride. He was using his mule( that was trained to cut cattle) to train them to lead. It was very hard to handle them alone. I saw the vet there trimming his feet once and they had to give him some serious tranqulizers that would probably kill a horse of the same size. Not to mention a blindfold and they had to get him to the ground and he was still kicking. He only kept the friendlier one at the barn. Because I am sure you know zebras are usually very mean. Maybe the cross with horses changes their attitude though.

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Discovery of a Leopard skinned Bull has left scientists baffled...and rather amused. :P

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...apord_bull.jpg

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That's Jaguar skin. ;)

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Originally Posted by Rapture

That's Jaguar skin. ;)

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Danke for fixing that. Caffeine blood levels must have dropped below safe levels at the time of typing. :rolleye2: