The texts describe complex animal husbandry programs devoted to breeding kungas from two separate species of equid, but they don’t detail what those species were and whether the resulting offspring was sterile.

One such image featured 21 dogs, two with leashes, surrounding an equid and its children.

“Quick question: why is the zebra stood on a load of CDs? Is it and attempt to protect the grass by spreading the equid’s weight, similar to wearing snow shoes? Intriguing summer’s cricket already.”

It’s not an easy balance; the zebras—the rarest and largest equid species—face constant threats from poaching, habitat fragmentation and competition with livestock for food and water.

The Przewalski’s horse has 66 chromosomes, the most of any equid species.