Zonkey, Hybrid of Zebra and Donkey Born in Italy

A zebra mated with a breed of donkey to produce a love child the zonkey in Amiata, Italy.

Ippo the zonkey was born on Saturday. A zebra, which had been rescued from a failing zoo, fathered him.

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Owner Serena Aglietti had built a fence to separate the two animals but somehow the zebra was able to climb over the barrier to mate with the donkey.

A few months later, the zonkey was born bearing the characteristics of both his parents, the New York Daily News reported.

According to ANSA, the zonkey is in good health.

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Zonkeys, sometimes calls zedonks or zebroids, are an extremely rare sight.

They are usually the love child of a male zebra and a female donkey but have the inability to reproduce, due to the incompatability of their parents' chromosomes.

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Another spacimen of zonkey, Pippi took birth at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in near Dahlonega, Georgia, in 2010, CNN reported.

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