different chromosome count and having another subspecies carry and maintain that pregnancy. It’s very, very significant. The next 24 hours are critical. Doctors are waiting to see if the horse will accept the Zebra as her own, and also of our milk is poisonous. What is *** horse story with the baby zebra? Yeah, that’s what I want to know. Where is the dad? The baby’s real mother. Gimpy. The zebra is expecting. In fact, she’s due any day now. So what’s his name? Will soon have *** brother or sister or half brother or half sister anyway, he won’t be an only child for long.
This Day in History: In May 1984, a horse gave birth to a zebra in Kentucky
Updated: 3:38 AM EDT May 17, 2022
On May 17, 1984, a quarter horse, Kelley, birthed Zebra E.Q. through an embryo transfer, according to the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky. It was the first successful embryo transfer from an exotic to domestic equine, which scientists hoped could help in upping a declining population.At first, experts weren’t sure the horse would take to the baby zebra. They also worried the horse’s milk could be poisonous to the zebra. E.Q. died in 1999 at the Houston Zoo. Watch the full story in the player above.
On May 17, 1984, a quarter horse, Kelley, birthed Zebra E.Q. through an embryo transfer, according to the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky.
It was the first successful embryo transfer from an exotic to domestic equine, which scientists hoped could help in upping a declining population.
At first, experts weren’t sure the horse would take to the baby zebra. They also worried the horse’s milk could be poisonous to the zebra.
E.Q. died in 1999 at the Houston Zoo.
Watch the full story in the player above.
