
You heard it right. That which is supposed to be impossible has happened (and not for the first time). A mule has given birth to a foal. A very cute foal too. ~ HfH
From: The Denver Post
By: Nancy Lofholm
Mule’s foal fools genetics with “impossible” birth
It’s an event so rare that the Romans had a saying, “when a mule foals” — the equivalent of “when hell freezes over.”

Collbran rancher Larry Amos watches as the mule foal nuzzles its mother, Kate, a 7-year-old “molly” that gave birth three months ago to the still-unnamed “miracle” offspring. Genetic tests confirmed that the foal is Kate’s. (Ed Kosmicki, Special to The Denver Post)
But on a Grand Mesa ranch, the once-in-a-million, genetically “impossible” occurrence of a mule giving birth has only drawn keen interest from the scientific world. That, and a stream of the locally curious driving up from the small town of Collbran to check out and snap pictures of a frisky, huge-eared, gangly-legged foal.
“No one has run away in fear yet,” laughed Laura Amos, the owner of the foal, along with her husband, Larry.
The foal is being called a miracle because mules aren’t supposed to give birth.
Mules are a hybrid of two species – a female horse and a male donkey – so they end up with an odd number of chromosomes. A horse has 64 chromosomes and a donkey has 62. A mule inherits 63. An even number of chromosomes is needed to divide into pairs and reproduce.
But those numbers added up to implausibility in late April when the Amoses awoke to a braying and whinnying ruckus in the corral behind their house.
Running to the rescue
They spotted a foal peeking out from between the front legs of one of their favorite black mules, Kate. They tore outside to save the baby from the male mules – the johns – that were trying to stomp the little critter and the other female mules – the mollies – that were trying to steal it.
And then the Amoses began to ponder how the foal had fooled mule sterility, a phenomenon first noted by the Greek philosopher Aristotle.
arlene
amazing also wonderful !!!!!
Debbie Stoutamire
With all of the bad
news we hear daily – wars, rumors of wars, plagues (Ebola), pestilence; all in Revelations in the Bible; this kind of news is so heartwarming. Maybe God is trying to tell us something? Like maybe the equine race is superior to the human race?
Daryl
So it is not6 impossible is it ? There you see the foal…Mother nature is wonderful and susprising too. Good luck little one grow and be big and strong.
Robynne Catheron
What an exciting event! I was really looking forward to reading the updates, until I saw this happened way back in 2007. What a bummer.