Cutsie mouse.
Eclipse, the zorse. Dad a horse, mum a zebra
I'd question the word beauty here, much as I have some empathy for the animal.
I've seen ligers and zorses and mules. The results vary. Here's another zorse:
Blue ribbon eels:
Anthia:
ossobuco wrote:I'd question the word beauty here, much as I have some empathy for the animal.
You're right -definitely curious more than stunning
I'm not sure I was so right in my beauty question - that was an immediate reaction. In a way, the animal is stunning.
Definitely an eye-of-the-beholder thing. I kinda like the random zebraness of the first zorse. The second has a more integrated look. Interesting how the stripe/color gene works.
'boida wrote:Here's another zorse:
(oy, i think that's a hebra...)
From Wikipedia. I hope this clears everything up.
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A zorse or zebrula is the offspring of a zebra stallion and a horse mare; the rarer reverse pairing is sometimes called a hebra. It is a zebroid: this term refers to any hybrid equine with zebra ancestry.
The zorse is shaped more like a horse than a zebra, but has boldly striped legs and, often, stripes on the body or neck. Like most other interspecies hybrids, it is infertile.
Zorses combine the zebra striping overlaid on colored areas of the hybrid's coat. Zorses are most often bred using solid colour horses. If the horse parent is piebald (black and white) or skewbald (other color and white) (these are known in the USA as paint/pinto) the zorse will inherit the genes for white patches. Only the coloured areas will have zebra striping, resulting in a zorse with white patches and striped patches.
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reg, That robin seems to have bitten off more than he can chew. What these guys go through just to get a woim.
Resplendent quetzal (South America):
Akhal-teke (Asian horse):
Update on the thrasher family I posted a few weeks ago here.
http://www.able2know.org/forums//viewtopic.php?p=3131217#3131217
Nestlings are a week old. Photos by Marcia Warwick.
Mesquite, Thanks for the update. I remember the nest in the cactus. Now the little ones are demanding food. Trying to remember if I've ever seen a picture of a baby bird that didn't have its mouth open.
Please send another update when you can. Fledging would be interesting--if you can catch it on camera.
Starfish:
Malachite sunbird:
White cloud mountain minnows:
Meet the weta. A uniquely New Zealand guy and the only insect or spider that I have a mortal phobia of :
A tigershark is afraid of a bug?! Okay, a big bug, but still. I read a little about these guys. A little nippy, maybe. And big. You peoples on the other side of the planet have some very interesting fauna.
Sunglow corn snake:
Sand lizard:
Pretty reptiles, Roberta.
Yeah, wetas are actually quite harmless and are a protected species now. But they still give me the shits!!
Saw an interesting item on our TV news about a tuatara the other day, which your sand lizard reminded me of. Apparently, a male who is documented as 111 years old has just fathered his first 'litter' or whatever they call their offspring. These guys live for 200-300 years!
Tigershark, I read the article about Henry. He may be shooting blanks. They won't know for a while. I also did some reading about tuataras. They rarely live past 100, so Hank is old, even by tuatara standards. Good for him. The article suggests that he was just waiting for the right girl. Picky guy. I hope there are eggs and that Henry gets to be a father.
150yrs+ is commonplace. Don't know what you read
