Author Topic: miniature donkey (Read 1912 times)

loulou · « **on:** January 03, 2007, 10:52:53 pm »

I really want this donkey. I may adopt one. It's £15 a year and I get a newsletter and a photo. But the trouble with adopting one is there will be a 100 more people paying to adopt the same donkey and I want one of my own.

kevvosa · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2007, 11:04:11 pm »

So do you mean that by adopting it you won't get to see it in person?

oldspice · « **Reply #2 on:** January 04, 2007, 06:38:57 am »

You can usually visit an animal you have adopted.

I adore donkeys too lou, which is strange becasue I don't much care for horses but donkeys seem different somehow.

« **Reply #3 on:** January 04, 2007, 08:31:00 am »

They are sweet

kevvosa · « **Reply #4 on:** January 04, 2007, 09:07:05 am »

I want to get my own hens when I move house.

loulou · « **Reply #5 on:** January 04, 2007, 09:39:16 am »

Quote from: kevvosa

So do you mean that by adopting it you won't get to see it in person?

You can visit the donkey sanctuary. There's one in Ireland.

« **Reply #6 on:** January 04, 2007, 11:14:56 am »

What's the difference between an Ass and a Donkey?

No smutty answers.

Cherry_Ripe · « **Reply #7 on:** January 04, 2007, 11:24:08 am »

This was a question on QI not that long ago. IIRC I don't think there is a difference. They are the same creature but if anything is different about them it's that the ass is wild and the donkey is domesticated. And I remember them saying that donkey used to pronounced differently, like monkey but with a d.

loulou · « **Reply #8 on:** January 04, 2007, 02:53:03 pm »

« **Reply #9 on:** January 04, 2007, 03:20:17 pm »

So what's a mule?

Velvet Darkness · « **Reply #10 on:** January 04, 2007, 03:53:14 pm »

A mule is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse.

And although you haven't asked, the website I found said that when you cross a female donkey and a male horse you get a hinney.

Velvet Darkness · « **Reply #11 on:** January 04, 2007, 04:03:16 pm »

The site also said that mules and hinneys are sterile hybrids, which means they cannot reproduce. A tiny percentage of the females have had foals but this is considered a freak genetic accident.

How awful is that? It just goes to show that mother nature should not be messed with.

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Author Topic: miniature donkey (Read 1912 times)