An Egyptian zoo was busted trying to pass off painted donkeys as zebras -- but is refusing to admit that the animals are obvious frauds.

近日，埃及一家动物园被发现试图用画过的驴子冒充斑马，但却拒绝承认这种明显的欺诈行为。

A local student spotted the two "zebras" at Cairo's International Garden municipal park last week and posted photos on Facebook showing the donkeys'black "stripes" smudged across their faces.

上周，一名当地的学生在开罗的国际花园市政公园发现了这两只斑马”，并在Facebook上发布了照片，照片中驴子脸上的黑色条纹”都花了。

Running makeup aside, the animals also sport distinctively pointy donkey ears and lack a zebra's black snout.

除开化妆不说，这些动物还长着驴子独特的尖尖耳朵，并且没有斑马的黑色鼻子。

Several vets confirmed to Egyptian news outlet Extranews.

tv that the animals are, indeed, donkeys and that the paint job is also pretty shoddy -- real zebra stripes are straighter andmore consistent, they say.

几名兽医向埃及新闻媒体Extranews.

tv证实，这些动物确实是驴，而且油漆活也相当拙劣，他们称真正的斑马条纹要更直、更一致。

But zoo director Mohamed Sultan insisted to local media that they're genuine zebras, according to the BBC.

但据英国广播公司报道，该动物园的园长穆罕默德·苏丹却向当地媒体坚称，它们是真正的斑马。

This isn't the first time a zoo has tried to dress up donkeys as their distant African relatives -- an animal park in Gaza pulled the same stunt in 2009.

这已经不是动物园第一次尝试把驴打扮成它们的非洲远方亲戚了，2009年加沙的一个动物公园也有过同样的壮举”。

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