Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Weird Facts Wednesday


Mules are smarter than horses. And apparently mule racing is popular in Brazil and all over the southwest... some mules run faster than arabians and thoroughbreds. They are however, usually sterile but are the result of a mare breeding with a donkey /"jack".

Who knew...

4 comments:

penelope said...

Too bad they have such a reputation for being stubborn, rather than smart!

mendacious said...

if people only knew... sometimes stubborness is more indicative of intelligence than it would seem ; )

Anonymous said...

They're not always sterile? I thought they were always sterile. One of those random facts I learned during childhood

Andria said...

usually people are stubborn when they think they are right - perhaps they truly are more often and have reason to be stubborn?