Then it must be a Zorse of course!

ChrisChris

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It has to be the ultimate zebra crossing.

Eclyse the zorse is striking proof of how an offspring inherits genes from both parents - which in her case was a male zebra and a female horse. The result is shown in her amazing coat which looks like a zebra's that has been partly covered in white paint.

While most zebra-horse crossbreeds have stripes across their entire body, Eclyse has only two such patches, on her face and rump.

The 1-year-old was born after her mother, Eclipse, was taken from her German safari park home to visit a ranch in Italy.

There she was left to roam freely with other horses and a number of zebras. One zebra called Ulysses took a shine to her and there was some horseplay. When she arrived home to Germany, Eclyse's mother surprised her keepers by giving birth to a baby zorse.

Eclyse has become a major attraction at her home safari park at Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, near the German border with Holland.

In Africa, horses and zebras are often crossbred and used as trekking animals.