What happens when you cross a zebra with a horse? The result isn’t really a horse, it’s a zorse, of course! Meet Eclyse — a zebra / horse hybrid, born on a ranch in Germany. Not part from any fabled Frankenstein style story or science experiment gone bad — she’s the product of a holiday romance in designer breeding. Might make you think twice before dashing away on that little rendezvous yourself.
Typically, most zorses have stripes across their entire body, but Eclyse has only two blocks of stripes — on her face and her hind quarters.
Eclyse inherits her pure white markings from her mother, a horse named Eclipse. Eclipse’s owners sent her to a ranch in Italy for breeding, where she met a rugged, handsome young zebra named Ulysses.
One thing led to another as rendezvous’ often do. When she returned home to Germany, Eclipse surprised her keepers by producing a little half-horse, half-zebra with extraordinarily unusual markings.
Ranch spokesman Udo Richter commented: “You can tell she is a mix just by looking at her. But in temperament she can also exhibit characteristics from each parent.” reports Metro.
“She is usually relatively tame like a horse but occasionally shows the fiery temperament of a zebra, leaping around like one.”
Not convinced that zorses actually exist? Here’s more living proof for you.
Beaumont Ranch TX Photo 3PixelProRGB
Mount Kenya Safari Club Wildlife Sanctuary Photo Nickfraser
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UPDATE: YouTube now has a clip of Eclyse for all doubters, proving that she does exist, and further validation of the existence of Zorses.
Horse + Zebra = Zorse
Eclyse is special as zorses, or zebroids as they are also known, are usually
born when a horse mare breeds with a zebra stallion.
