Donkeys and mules may seem similar at first glance, but they are quite distinct in many ways. Donkeys, domesticated from the ...

Mules are actually a very special mix - they have a donkey father and horse mother, and they often inherit the best qualities of both ...

Most mules (and hinnies) are sterile because they're born with an odd number of chromosomes (63, between the horse's 64 and the donkey's 62). There are recorded occurrences, however, of mules ...

The mule inherits the body size of a horse but with the long ears of a donkey. Mules' coats and colors can vary widely, just like horses' and donkeys', but their heads are often a bit larger, more ...

In fact, an animal with one parent that is a donkey and the other a horse isn't called a "honkey." The animal in the video is a mule or a hinny—depending on the specific parentage.

Mules aren't supposed to give birth. A hybrid of two species -- a female horse and a male donkey -- mules end up with an odd number of chromosomes. A horse has 64 chromosomes and a donkey has 62.

To clone the racing mule's brother, researchers bred Taz's parents, a jack donkey and a horse mare, and allowed the resulting fetus to grow for 45 days. This provided the DNA needed for the clone.

You need one horse and one donkey to breed a mule. Mules are something a bit different. Mules do not spawn naturally and also cannot procreate. It’s actually true in real life as well.

Most mules (and hinnies) are sterile because they're born with an odd number of chromosomes (63, between the horse's 64 and the donkey's 62). There are recorded occurrences, however, of mules ...