They are not keen on trusting humans if they are treated harshly and aggressively.Donkeys and mules are easy to obey humans when they are treated with kindness and patience.Once it detects danger, mules tend to avoid it.Mules, like donkeys, are often perceived as lazy, but that’s just because they are smart enough to have common sense and a natural instinct for self-preservation.A mule gets its mental sharpness from the donkey.They are able to tolerate a number of diseases.They don’t need as much food and water as a horse needs.They also have thicker and less sensitive skin than horses.Their hooves are also less sensitive to insects.They have stronger hooves that are suitable to climbing rough terrain.For its size, mules have more endurance and physical strength.The mule gets its physical abilities from the horse.Both mules and horses are strong animals.The muscles of mules are smoother than those of horses.Their muscle composition is also different.Mules look similar to horses aside from their long ears.The smell of mules is different from a donkey’s or a horse’s.The hooves of mules resemble those of a horse but the heels are longer and the hooves are trimmed more upright.It gets its intelligence and patience from the donkey and its physical ability and speed from the horse.Mules possess “hybrid vigor” because it gets the best traits of its parents.Miniature mules weigh less than 50 pounds. ![]() Draft mules are bred from draft horses.Saddle mules are 50 inches tall or more.Miniature mules are up to 50 inches tall.They are categorized into miniature mules, saddle or standard mules, and draft mules.Mules are categorized according to size rather than breed.The height of mules ranges from 47 to 59 inches.The skin of mules is thick and highly resistant to heat and rain.There are light-colored ones too, but they are more rare. Mules are typically brown, gray, black, or reddish.Mules have short heads, thin limbs, long ears, horse-like hooves, a stocky body, a hairy tail, and a short mane.President Ronald Reagan officially proclaimed October 26th as the date of National Mule Day.National Mule Day is celebrated every October 26th, the day a Spanish donkey arrived in America in 1785.In Bishop, California, there is an annual event called Bishop Mule Days which gathers 700 mules and 30,000 people.In the last 40 years, mules and donkeys have regained their popularity and found their place back in the world.However, in 1967, Paul and Betsy Hutchins founded the American Mule and Donkey Society that advocated the protection of donkeys and mules.By the 1960s, the population of mules in the United States declined, with fewer than 10,000 in the country and most of them unused in agriculture.Industrialization led to mules being neglected for agricultural and farming use.One of the jacks made it to the country and was named Royal Gift.In 1785, King Charles III of Spain gave two jacks and two jennets to George Washington as gifts.He was called “The Father of the American Mule.”.He was an agriculturalist as well as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. ![]() George Washington was the one who first saw the value of mules.A cross between a female donkey and a male horse is often referred to as a hinny, but it can also be called a mule. ![]()
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