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Sanity Claws

(21,840 posts)
1. I didn't know donkeys could move that fast
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 12:30 PM
Jan 2019

I always thought that donkeys were plodders. Man, they can run when they want.

ret5hd

(20,482 posts)
2. Well, ya' gotta remove that 150 lbs of gold or silver,
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 12:37 PM
Jan 2019

all those prospecting tools, the tent and bedroll, and all that food before they can run that fast!

Bayard

(22,005 posts)
8. Our mini-donkeys have always hated dogs
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:58 PM
Jan 2019

And sometimes, they'll chase cats. Yeah, they can really move when motivated. We had one that used to herd the goats at warp 8. Funny as hell.

Wounded Bear

(58,598 posts)
12. First off, I don't think those are Americans...
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:13 PM
Jan 2019

I'm thinking Koreans or something.

Not sure why he'd be carrying a donkey up a hill, but it does looke quite young. A young one, perhaps?

Donkees

(31,337 posts)
14. ''In a legionary of Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion in operations found a donkey starving in ... ''
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:19 PM
Jan 2019
In a legionary of Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion in operations found a donkey starving in the Jebel. The legionnaire brought him back to the base and the animal became the mascot of the unit under the name "Bambi".

Donkees

(31,337 posts)
13. ''In a legionary of Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion) in operations found a donkey starving in ... ''
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:18 PM
Jan 2019
In a legionary of Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion) in operations found a donkey starving in the Jebel. The legionnaire brought him back to the base and the animal became the mascot of the unit under the name "Bambi".

Donkees

(31,337 posts)
17. And let's not forget the Donkey Corps ...
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:39 PM
Jan 2019

Donkey invasion of sicily, old war photos-Invasion of Sicily in 1943 was major WWII campaign - actual military unit was known as the Donkey Corps



"Donkeys are the Afghan helicopter," Col. Abdul Nasseeri, an Afghan battalion commander in the Konar province, tells the Post.

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-outcome-of-the-afghan-war-rests-on-unpaid-donkey-contractors-2012-11

keithbvadu2

(36,655 posts)
10. There was a series of pictures of a mule that killed a mountain lion.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:32 PM
Jan 2019

There was a series of pictures of a mule that killed a mountain lion.

After he bucked off the rider.

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