Teh One Who Knocks
07-26-2018, 11:03 AM
By Guy Birchall - The Scottish Sun
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A ZOO in Cairo has been caught out trying to pass off a donkey as a zebra by painting it black and white.
The animal sanctuary in the Egyptian capital’s International Garden municipal park has recently opened but one visitor spotted something odd about one exhibit.
Student Mahmoud A. Sarhani visited the zoo on July 21 and took pictures of the odd looking zebra.
The creature had unusually long ears and lacked the distinctive mane usually present on the African beasts.
A closer inspection revealed the equine creature was in fact a strategically painted ass.
Mahmoud shared a photo of the “zebra” on Facebook and the post quickly went viral in Egypt.
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The zoo has denied that the donkey is a fake despite its suspiciously long ears and
lack of distinctive mane
https://i.imgur.com/ZGbJiic.jpg
The creature in the zoo was noticeably different from the real thing
However Mohamed Sultan, the director of International Gardens park, denied that the equine beast was an impostor.
Bizarrely, this isn’t the first time a zoo has tried to pass donkeys off as zebras.
In 2009, a zoo in Gaza painted two donkeys black and white to replace a pair of zebras that had died of starvation.
https://i.imgur.com/tgxbKGo.jpg
A ZOO in Cairo has been caught out trying to pass off a donkey as a zebra by painting it black and white.
The animal sanctuary in the Egyptian capital’s International Garden municipal park has recently opened but one visitor spotted something odd about one exhibit.
Student Mahmoud A. Sarhani visited the zoo on July 21 and took pictures of the odd looking zebra.
The creature had unusually long ears and lacked the distinctive mane usually present on the African beasts.
A closer inspection revealed the equine creature was in fact a strategically painted ass.
Mahmoud shared a photo of the “zebra” on Facebook and the post quickly went viral in Egypt.
https://i.imgur.com/sj0U8dt.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/THgzeF8.jpg
The zoo has denied that the donkey is a fake despite its suspiciously long ears and
lack of distinctive mane
https://i.imgur.com/ZGbJiic.jpg
The creature in the zoo was noticeably different from the real thing
However Mohamed Sultan, the director of International Gardens park, denied that the equine beast was an impostor.
Bizarrely, this isn’t the first time a zoo has tried to pass donkeys off as zebras.
In 2009, a zoo in Gaza painted two donkeys black and white to replace a pair of zebras that had died of starvation.