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”。