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[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Unless they had stronger donkeys back then.

Could have been a lot of selective breeding for decreased stubbornness sacrificing load capacity as a tradeoff during the last two thousand years.

They could theoretically have been capable of hauling 500lb behemoths without breaking a sweat but unwilling to follow any comnands ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿป

Btw grown ass donkey ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[โ€“] ns1@feddit.uk 9 points 2 weeks ago

I think you'll find the correct term is asstodon

[โ€“] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Something from the Avatar beastary.

[โ€“] arrow74@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

The donkeys were smaller in that period