Z is for Zonkey

Zonkeys

By Trevor

In this paper you will learn about a very cool animal, named Zonkey. You will learn about the habitat, what they eat, and what they are. If you don’t know what a Zonkey is well hopefully after you read this paper you will know.

Habitats and Foods

A Zonkey would live in the savannas and dry grasslands, since zonkeys aren’t in the wild this is where they would live. Zonkeys are considered a plain animal because they would be released in Africa’s grasslands and savannas. Zonkey’s are going to be pack animals because they rely on each other to do something, like zebras. Now we’re going to switch over to what they eat. When Zonkeys are babies they mostly rely on their mothers milk. When they get older, like 2 years old  they start eating berries and fruits. Finally, when they’re adults they eat lettuce and carrots.

What a Zonkey Is.

A zonkey is a zebroid, a zebroid is a zebra and another equine. To make a zonkey you need to make a donkey and zebra have to mate not  DNA split. Zonkeys have a very low chance that it can make another zonkey. A zonkey is mostly a donkey, but it still has zebra parts. A zonkey looks like this, A donkey head, mostly a donkey body and a legs and tail of a zebra.

Works Cited

"Meet the 'zonkey': A Zebra-donkey Hybrid." The Sydney Morning Herald. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. <http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/meet-the-zonkey-a-zebradonkey-hybrid-20131102-2wtw4.html>.

"Zonkey." (Equus Zebra X Equus Asinus). Web. 26 Mar. 2014. <http://a-z-animals.com/animals/zonkey/>.

Chang, Jon M. "Rare Italian-born Baby Zonkey in Good Health." ABC News. ABC News Network, 25 July 2013. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. <http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/rare-italian-born-baby-zonkey-good-health/story?id=19769860>.