Donkeys

[neored9]

Why are Donkeys better than horses?

Donkeys are not easily startled. They have a keen sense of curiosity. They may run a short distance but then stop and turn to face whatever scared them before the make a decision whether to stand still or continue fleeing.
Nature provided horses with a strong flight instinct and long legs so they could run to escape predators. Horses easily startle. Horses run blind and will jump over and through any obstacle in their path.

A donkey is stronger than a horse of the same size. You can not muscle a donkey. You can not force him. He has to understand what it is you are asking him to do.
Donkeys have an incredible memory - they can recognize areas and other donkeys they were with up to 25 years ago.

Donkeys are more independent in their thinking. As a result, most horse training methods have only marginal success when used on donkeys. If you attempt to dominate the donkey, he will just avoid you. Donkeys think and reason. The make decisions based on their safety. And they can learn what it is we would like for them to do if we take the time to explain it to them. The strongest instinct in a donkey is survival. Training a donkey relies on showing him by words and actions that he can trust you to protect him from harm.
Most horse training methods rely on a horse’s reaction to a pecking order in the herd. The horse trainer becomes the boss horse of the herd to teach a horse to react to a cue for a particular action.

Donkeys can be used as war animals objectively better than horses.

During World War I John Simpson Kirkpatrick, a British stretcher bearer serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and Richard Alexander "*****" Henderson of the New Zealand Medical Corps used donkeys to rescue wounded soldiers from the battlefield at Gallipoli.
According to British food writer Matthew Fort, donkeys were used in the Italian Army. The Mountain Fusiliers each had a donkey to carry their gear, and in extreme circumstances the animal could be eaten

Donkeys could be used in every industry in Salem
Donkeys are milked or raised for meat; in Italy, which has the highest consumption of equine meat in Europe and where donkey meat is the main ingredient of several regional dishes, only about 1000 donkeys were slaughtered in 2010, yielding approximately 100 tonnes of meat. Asses' milk may command good prices: the average price in Italy in 2009 was €15 per litre,and a price of €6 per 100 ml was reported from Croatia in 2008; it is used for soaps and cosmetics as well as dietary purposes. In the past, donkey skin was used in the production of parchment.

Since 2005, donkeys in Britain have been required to have a passport.

A donkey is also known as an ass.

[Rifmaster]

A donkey is also known as an ass.

Don't we already have tribe for being an ass?

[neored9]

A donkey is also known as an ass.

Don't we already have tribe for being an ass?

Donkey care could also be a skill you learn with childish things.

[nonsonogiucas]

I've never eaten donkey meat... I can confirm about the milk though and I like the idea when it comes to beasts of burden, like attaching animals to wagons, mills and other machines that need power... they could operate bellows or the (now automagic) stamp mill.

[Feone]

Would be nice for variety in animals.

Horses could be faster for traveling, donkeys could be better at being a beast of burden and other such tasks.

[Darwoth]

i once knew an old farmer that had a donkey, every day he would go out and drink a beer + smoke a cigar with the donkey.

would place an opened bottle on the fence, donkey would walk up and grab it in his mouth and tily head back until it was gone, then he would walk around with a half a cigar in his mouth actually taking draws on it while the farmer hung out with him.


i like donkeys far better than most people, as such i would like to see donkeys in game.

[ukraChild]

Yes we should definitely have more darwoths donkeys implemented with animal husbandry. I like idea of having them domesticated much better than bulls that sit on demand.

I got a pack of cigars for it.