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Their bray combines zebra whinny and donkey 'hee-haw'.

Zonkeys are sterile due to mismatched chromosomes.

They inherit donkey calmness with zebra hardiness against diseases.

Zonkeys are zebra-donkey hybrids; stripes typically appear only on legs.

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