A healthy adult donkey eats about 1.5% of their body weight in food each day!
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Facts About Donkeys
Donkeys need much less food than horses of the same size because they digest their food more efficiently!
Donkeys use their flexible upper lip to sort through vegetation and pick the parts they want to eat!
Donkeys prefer to browse (eat bushes and woody plants) rather than graze on grass!
A donkey can drink 2–4 gallons (7.5-15 liters) of water per day in hot weather!
There are more than 50 million donkeys in the world today!
The largest populations of wild donkeys live in Australia and the southwestern United States!
Donkeys are excellent swimmers!
A donkey’s bray is unique, like a human fingerprint!
Donkeys have better heat tolerance than horses!
A donkey’s sense of smell is better than a horse’s!
Donkeys have a nearly 360-degree field of vision!
The smallest donkey breed is only 26 inches (66 cm) tall!
The largest donkey breed can be over 63 inches (160 cm) tall at the shoulder!
Donkeys living in cold climates grow a thick, woolly winter coat!
A donkey’s hooves grow about 3/8 inch (1 cm) every month!
Donkeys are mentioned in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics from over 4,000 years ago!
A donkey’s heart rate is typically between 31 and 53 beats per minute!
Donkeys can distinguish between different colors, but they see them differently than humans do!
A donkey’s ears can be up to 8 inches (20 cm) long, and often longer in certain breeds.
The milk from donkeys contains more vitamin C than cow’s milk!
Donkeys can learn to respond to their own names within just a few days!
A donkey’s teeth take up more space in their head than their brain does!
Donkeys prefer to sleep lying down but can also sleep standing up!
A donkey’s hooves are more upright and box-shaped compared to a horse’s hooves!
