Foal is fantastic fluke

Born to mule, he’s nearly 100 lbs. of zoological surprise

By Ellen Miller, Special to the Rocky
July 30, 2007

COLBRAN – He’s healthy, playful and nearing 100 pounds.
And at three months of age, the gangly foal with big ears is already a celebrity in the mule world.

That’s because the still unnamed foal is the offspring of a mule, the hybrid cross of a horse and donkey that is widely believed to be sterile.

So how could a supposedly sterile animal give birth?

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