埃及一動物園給驢畫黑白紋冒充斑馬 愚弄遊客

An Egyptian zoo was busted trying to pass off painted donkeys as zebras -- but is refusing to admit that the animals are obvious frauds.

近日，埃及一家動物園被發現試圖用畫過的驢子冒充斑馬，但卻拒絕承認這種明顯的欺詐行爲。

A local student spotted the two "zebras" at Cairo's International Garden municipal park last week and posted photos on Facebook showing the donkeys' black "stripes" smudged across their faces.

上週，一名當地的學生在開羅的國際花園市政公園發現了這兩隻“斑馬”，並在Facebook上發佈了照片，照片中驢子臉上的黑色“條紋”都花了。

Running makeup aside, the animals also sport distinctively pointy donkey ears and lack a zebra's black snout.

除開化妝不說，這些動物還長着驢子獨特的尖尖耳朵，並且沒有斑馬的黑色鼻子。

Several vets confirmed to Egyptian news outlet that the animals are, indeed, donkeys and that the paint job is also pretty shoddy -- real zebra stripes are straighter and more consistent, they say.

幾名獸醫向埃及新聞媒體證實，這些動物確實是驢，而且油漆活也相當拙劣，他們稱真正的斑馬條紋要更直、更一致。

But zoo director Mohamed Sultan insisted to local media that they're genuine zebras, according to the BBC.

但據英國廣播公司報道，該動物園的園長穆罕默德·蘇丹卻向當地媒體堅稱，它們是真正的斑馬。

This isn't the first time a zoo has tried to dress up donkeys as their distant African relatives -- an animal park in Gaza pulled the same stunt in 2009.

這已經不是動物園第一次嘗試把驢打扮成它們的非洲遠方親戚了，2009年加沙的一個動物公園也有過同樣的“壯舉”。