# Zebras, donkeys and really bad authors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zebras-donkeys-and-really-bad-authors/145449>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 29, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zebras-donkeys-and-really-bad-authors/145449 "2002-12-29T01:57:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zebras-donkeys-and-really-bad-authors/145449/1 "2002-12-29T01:57:45Z")

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Could a zebra and a donkey mate and have viable offspring?

Because it was a plot element in a badly written novel I just read, and I want to know just how bad this author is. 😛

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**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zebras-donkeys-and-really-bad-authors/145449/2 "2002-12-29T02:01:41Z")

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[Yes.](http://www.lovelongears.com/zorse.html)

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**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zebras-donkeys-and-really-bad-authors/145449/3 "2002-12-29T02:17:35Z")

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It’s real. Try a web search for “zonkey”. For instance, see:

[http://www.geocities.com/zedonknzorse/allabout.html](http://www.geocities.com/zedonknzorse/allabout.html)

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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zebras-donkeys-and-really-bad-authors/145449/4 "2002-12-29T02:18:32Z")

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Well, I’ll be damned. She actually got something right.

I like the term Z-donk. And Zebrass.

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**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zebras-donkeys-and-really-bad-authors/145449/5 "2002-12-29T07:57:39Z")

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“Zonkey”?

Wouldn’t that be some ass who wandered into the marijuana patch?