2006-09-24 14:45:28 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
a mule is half donkey half horse
2006-09-24 14:46:28 · answer #1 · answered by gdizzle4rizzle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mule is the offspring of a horse and donkey. A donkey is smaller than a mule and has large ears. The mule is usually the size of the horse that the donkey bred. They were used on farms for plowing and work before tractors, some people still use them today. Donkeys are small and sure footed and are used to haul people and heavy loads on their back, also they will work longer than a mule. Ever heard stubborn as a mule? When a mule has decided that he has done enough work, he will not do any more!!!
2006-09-24 22:00:47 · answer #2 · answered by Just me 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A donkey is a donkey and a mule is a cross between a mare horse and a male donkey called a jack.
2006-09-24 21:50:51 · answer #3 · answered by linda s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A donkey is actually a cousin of the horse. A mule is half horse and half donkey.
2006-09-25 16:45:19 · answer #4 · answered by SHELLBELL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In response to a previous question - yes, a mule is the offspring of a female horse and a male donkey. If it is the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse, it is known as a "hinny". Hinnies tend to be more horse like in appearance, and do not have the stamina or strength that a mule posesses.
2006-09-25 09:56:09 · answer #5 · answered by Jennifer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A donkey is the domestic *** which is smaller than a horse and has long ears. A mule is the mix of a horse and a donkey, actually the offspring of a male donkey and a mare.
2006-09-24 22:01:26 · answer #6 · answered by ladyvantel 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a donkey is a donkey. a mule is 1/2 horse and 1/2 donkey
2006-09-24 21:53:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A mule is a cross between a donkey and a horse.
2006-09-24 21:47:25 · answer #8 · answered by trucking4656 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Donkey is a species of animal. A mule is a hybrid = Horse +Donkey. Mules are sterile.
2006-09-24 21:47:59 · answer #9 · answered by me 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A mule is the offspring of a donkey and a horse. They're usually sterile. That's why breeding two species that are just similar enough to produce offspring, like a military macaw and a hyacinth macaw, produces sterile "mules". They're genetically fragile.
Some scientists theorize that chimpanzees and humans could produce a "mule", though obviously nobody is willing to publicly trespass into that territory. In some finches and parakeets, the hybrid babies become exceptions to the sterility rule, and create new subspecies: it's part of how evolution works. And of course, every now and then, probability even creates exceptions in the fertility of hybrids that are usually mules.
2006-09-24 21:53:38 · answer #10 · answered by Em 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
mule is a hybrid between a male donkey and a female horse.
2006-09-24 21:47:14 · answer #11 · answered by Eldude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋