# Ippo the Zonkey

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ippo-the-zonkey/664539>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 26, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ippo-the-zonkey/664539 "2013-07-26T00:58:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ippo-the-zonkey/664539/1 "2013-07-26T00:58:06Z")

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Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages, (oh, and Dopers too!): please welcome to Terra, one of our newest inhabitants, [Ippo the Zonkey](http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/rare-italian-born-baby-zonkey-good-health/story?id=19769860)!

[Video from Italian TV](http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/rare-italian-born-baby-zonkey-good-health/story?id=19769860) embedded here (English text on page, only the video is in Italian).

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ippo-the-zonkey/664539/2 "2013-07-26T14:16:44Z")

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I liked the ferrets on steroids better.

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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ippo-the-zonkey/664539/3 "2013-07-26T19:41:06Z")

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First mules, now ‘zonkies’? damn, donkeys are the playas of the animal kingdom.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ippo-the-zonkey/664539/4 "2013-08-05T12:29:03Z")

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Sure, they’re cute _now_. Just wait until the Zonkie apocalypse…

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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ippo-the-zonkey/664539/5 "2013-08-05T13:11:57Z")

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yay!. Zonkey is my new favorite word.

A new animal, a new name…  
And it sure sounds better than “zass”. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ippo-the-zonkey/664539/6 "2013-08-05T17:28:50Z")

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Looks almost like they recreated a quagga.