The Zorse - A Genetic Twist of Fate
A Zorse or Zebrula is a cross between a horse and a zebra, a rare and unusual mix of genetics that creates a funky looking animal with both horse and zebra characteristics.
Their name sounds vaguely like a creature from Lord of the Rings, based on that and genetics alone the zorse is bound to be good for a story.
Not your average Zorse
Picture from Scienceblogs.com
This pretty little German filly is Eclyse. No she doesn’t have a zebra hide under that white fur coat of hers, she is truly a freak of nature.
The product of a mare horse and a zebra stallion, Eclyse is an oddball even in the Zorse community.
More common Zorse hides
Bay
Chestnut
Dunn
Temperment varies from a calmer animal (much like a horse), to those more spirited and tough (both characteristics of the zebra).
Being an interspecies coupling, the resulting Zorse is unable to reproduce.
Don’t believe me?
It’s ok, at first I didn’t believe the pictures were real either. But Eclyse is real, check her out in this video:
