Animal of the Day

Hands up who has heard of the Onager?

It is a wild-donkey from the Middle East. Depending on which reports you read, it is virtually extinct in the wild - two herds have been reintroduced from a captive breeding program but otherwise, that appears to be that.

Wiki adds that Onagers stand "at about 290 kg and 2.1 metres (head-body length), and are a little more horse-like. They are short-legged compared to horses, and their coloring varies depending on the season. They are generally reddish-brown in color during the summer, becoming yellowish-brown in the winter months. They have a black stripe bordered in white that extends down the middle of the back. They are notoriously untameable."