# Zoo in Egypt paints donkey to look like a zebra

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**Created:** [July 27, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoo-in-egypt-paints-donkey-to-look-like-a-zebra/818674 "2018-07-27T14:02:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoo-in-egypt-paints-donkey-to-look-like-a-zebra/818674/1 "2018-07-27T14:02:16Z")

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[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44968509](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44968509)

Ya know, painting a donkey can’t be easy. If you are going to go through that much work, you think they would do a little research first. Note the lines on the faces of the “zonkey” and the real zebras below.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoo-in-egypt-paints-donkey-to-look-like-a-zebra/818674/2 "2018-07-27T14:28:38Z")

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Back in 1975, I was stationed in San Diego and my family came to visit. We went into Tijuana for a day, and one of the sights we saw was a donkey, painted like a zebra, hitched up to a cart. So, it’s been done… 😃

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoo-in-egypt-paints-donkey-to-look-like-a-zebra/818674/3 "2018-07-27T15:05:34Z")

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Yeah, I remember this same news story from about 4 or 5 years ago - I believe it was in Egypt then, as well.

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**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoo-in-egypt-paints-donkey-to-look-like-a-zebra/818674/4 "2018-07-27T15:14:17Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Yeah, I remember this same news story from about 4 or 5 years ago - I believe it was in Egypt then, as well.

You may be thinking of when someone tried this before in [Gaza](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8297812.stm#sa-link_location=story-body). However, they were upfront that it was a donkey, which means it wasn’t pathetic and comical.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoo-in-egypt-paints-donkey-to-look-like-a-zebra/818674/5 "2018-07-27T15:14:19Z")

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> [@Hermitian](#):
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> Ya know, painting a donkey can’t be easy.

The one you really have to feel sorry for is the guy in the tiger exhibit who had to paint stripes on the lion.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoo-in-egypt-paints-donkey-to-look-like-a-zebra/818674/6 "2018-07-27T15:16:04Z")

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Hey, this zebra smells like ass!