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  • toasty
    Sir Toastiness
    • Jun 2004
    • 6585

    Somali Wild Ass

    Somali wild ass born at Zoo
    By Diane Toroian Keaggy
    ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
    04/23/2008

    The St. Louis Zoo welcomed its first newborn Somali wild ass, an extremely rare wild horse Zoo curators are struggling to save in the desert areas northeastern Africa.

    The foul was born earlier this month to mother Fataki and sire Abai and boasts a gray body, white belly and horizontal black stripes on her legs. She will grow to be four feet tall at the shoulder and weighs about 600 pounds.

    The Zoo is home to seven Somali wild ass; only 27 live in North American zoos. Another 1,000 live in the wild, but they are threatened by the political unrest in the region and hunters, who use their meat for food and native medicines.

    They also must compete with domestic livestock for access to shrinking grazing grounds.


    OK, this is thoroughly juvenile, but does anyone else find it funny that a wild ass gives birth to a "foul"? I know my ass has given birth to some foul things over the years, but had no idea that concept was embraced by animal naming conventions...

  • toasty
    Sir Toastiness
    • Jun 2004
    • 6585

    #2
    Re: Somali Wild Ass

    It occurs to me that this might actually be a typo, and that it might be a misspelling of "foal" -- which would be an enormously funny misspelling.

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    • Huggie Smiles
      Anyone have Styx livesets?
      • Jun 2004
      • 11835

      #3
      Re: Somali Wild Ass

      Originally posted by toasty
      It occurs to me that this might actually be a typo, and that it might be a misspelling of "foal" -- which would be an enormously funny misspelling.
      wise ass!
      ....Freak in the morning, Freak in the evening, aint no other Freak like me thats breathing....




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      • beanzncheez
        Banned
        • Jun 2004
        • 4442

        #4
        Re: Somali Wild Ass

        Yeah. We dealt with that terminology often in the veterinary world. You are correct. It'd be foal.

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        • 88Mariner
          My dick is smaller
          • Nov 2006
          • 7128

          #5
          Re: Somali Wild Ass

          right. it is foal. But the Collective of "wild ass" is "Foul"

          Use in a sentence.

          "Look! Reginald! I dare say, Is that a Foul of Wild Ass?!"
          "Good eyes Edmund! Let's go hunt that Wild Ass and then mount them!"
          you could put an Emfire release on for 2 minutes and you would be a sleep before it finishes - Chunky

          it's RA. they'd blow their load all over some stupid 20 minute loop of a snare if it had a quirky flange setting. - Tiddles

          Am I somewhere....in the corners of your mind....

          ----PEACE-----

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          • Jenks
            I'm kind of a big deal.
            • Jun 2004
            • 10250

            #6
            Re: Somali Wild Ass

            Somali Wild Ass sounds like Smelly Wild Ass

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            • toasty
              Sir Toastiness
              • Jun 2004
              • 6585

              #7
              Re: Somali Wild Ass

              Originally posted by toasty
              It occurs to me that this might actually be a typo, and that it might be a misspelling of "foal" -- which would be an enormously funny misspelling.
              Yep, has been changed in the original story now. Freudian slip on the part of the author, I suppose.

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              • Miroslav
                WHOA I can change this!1!
                • Apr 2006
                • 4122

                #8
                Re: Somali Wild Ass

                ah, the shortcomings of Microsoft Word's spell-checking software...
                mixes: www.waxdj.com/miroslav

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                • Dhar_2
                  meat and potatoes
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 18917

                  #9
                  Re: Somali Wild Ass

                  Originally posted by Miroslav
                  ah, the shortcomings of Microsoft ...

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                  • AndyH
                    Platinum Poster
                    • May 2005
                    • 1786

                    #10
                    Re: Somali Wild Ass

                    Originally posted by toasty
                    http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/new...D?OpenDocument

                    OK, this is thoroughly juvenile, but does anyone else find it funny that a wild ass gives birth to a "foul"? I know my ass has given birth to some foul things over the years, but had no idea that concept was embraced by animal naming conventions...

                    BAHAHA, I find that highly amusing so dont worry!
                    [quote=lilsensa '] 'Who wants to sample size my ball sack?'

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                    • Dj Lunchtray
                      Getting Somewhere
                      • Mar 2008
                      • 162

                      #11
                      Re: Somali Wild Ass

                      Originally posted by 88Mariner
                      right. it is foal. But the Collective of "wild ass" is "Foul"

                      Use in a sentence.

                      "Look! Reginald! I dare say, Is that a Foul of Wild Ass?!"
                      "Good eyes Edmund! Let's go hunt that Wild Ass and then mount them!"
                      a bunch of wild asses may be foul, but I don't think that's the proper term, lol.
                      Although I dare say you get points for using it in a such a good sentence. remind me to lock the horses up when edmund and reginald come round.
                      Remember, pain is just weakness leaving the body, keep dancing.

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