A big thanks to Lexxu for organizing and hosting it.
Here is a recap of all the awards handed out.
BEST NEWBIE AWARD GOES TO:
TheGreatXL
runner ups are AlanaDee and Mikedistanz
BEST COUPLE AWARD GOES TO:
EnragedBeauty & Mikedistanz
runner ups are Yoshitomi & Ridster and Alegeeter & Vessa
THE AWARD FOR MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER GOES TO:
Realitynerd
runner ups are BengalBoy and Vessa
THE NICEST PLAYER AWARD GOES TO:
TheGreatXL
runner ups are Emmaleigh and Lexxu
THE AWARD FOR BEST BLOGGER GOES TO:
Haskova
runner ups are Alisowned and NoelSarah
THE BEST ALLIANCE AWARD GOES TO:
The Blondetourage
runner ups are The Misfits and The Late Nite Crew
THE AWARD FOR THE BEST BANNED PLAYER GOES TO:
jakel0vespickler
runner ups are Kathreya and Latina
THE AWARD FOR THE MOST EVIL PLAYER GOES TO:
Lesbian
runner ups are Laqueefsha and JJJJ
MOST LOYAL PLAYER AWARD GOES TO:
Phanne
runner ups are Emmaleigh and Lexxu
THE AWARD FOR THE FUNNIEST PLAYER GOES TO:
BengalBoy
runner ups are TheGreatXL, Emmaleigh and Pablito
FAVORITE STARS CAST AWARD GOES TO:
Stars 1
runner ups are stars 36 and stars 35
RANDOMIZE'S CHOICE AWARD GOES TO:
Phanne
BEST PLAYER IN 2009:
Emmaleigh
runner ups are Lexxu and Phanne
THE AWARD FOR THE BEST AVATAR GOES TO:
JJJJ
runner ups are Kathreya and TripleXXX
THE AWARD FOR BEST GROUP GAME GOES TO:
Shooting Stars hosted by IamPaxton
runner ups are Big Brother USA hosted by Phanne, Tengaged WTF Show, hosted by NerdyBones AND Tengaged Song Contest, hosted by Jubbzy & Lexxu
THE AWARD FOR THE BEST MALE PLAYER GOES TO:
Lexxu
runner ups are TripleXXX and TheGreatXL
THE AWARD FOR THE BEST FEMALE PLAYER GOES TO:
Emmaleigh
runner ups are Phanne and JJJJ
THE AWARD FOR THE MOST WORTHY STARS WINNER GOES TO:
Emmaleigh
runner ups are TheGreatXL and Lexxu
Once again, thank you Lexxu for organizing this, you did a fantastic job. Tengaged is a real online community filled with sweethearts and villians. Without each and every one of you, this site would not be the same :)
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Zorse
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Zorse
A zorse in an 1899 photograph from J.C. Ewart's The Penycuik Experiments. "Romulus: one year old."
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species: E. zebra + caballus
Binomial name
Equus zebra x Equus caballus
A zorse
A zorse or zebroid, specifically the offspring of a zebra stallion and a horse mare. The rarer reverse pairing is sometimes called a horbra (or hebra). Like most other hybrids, the zorse is sterile.[1]
The zorse is a strong animal with traces from both its parents.
James Cossar Ewart crossed a zebra stallion with horse and pony mares in order to investigate the theory of telegony, or paternal impression. Cossar Ewart used Arabian mares. Similar experiments were carried out by the US Government and reported in "Genetics in Relation to Agriculture" by E.B. Babcock and R.E. Clausen, and in "The Science of Life" by H.G. Wells, J. Huxley and G.P. Wells (c.1929).
Zorses are bred in Africa and used for trekking on Mount Kenya.[2]
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Zorses combine the zebra striping overlaid on colored areas of the hybrid's coat. Zorses are most often bred using solid color horses. If the horse parent is piebald (black and white) or skewbald (other color and white) (these are known in the USA as paint/pinto) the zorse may inherit the dominant de-pigmentation genes for white patches, it is understood that Tobiano (the most common white modifier found in the horse) directly interacts with the Zorse coat to give the white markings. Only the non-depigmented areas will have Zebra striping, resulting in a zorse with white patches and striped patches. This effect is seen in the zebroid Eclyse (a hebra rather than a zorse) born in Stukenbrock, Germany in 2007 to a zebra mare called Eclipse and a stallion called Ulysses.
[edit] Zorses and humans
Zorses are preferred over zebras for riding and draught for several reasons, although they are still not as easily handled as horses and should not be ridden or purchased by novices. Their more horselike shape, particularly in the shoulder region, makes it easier to obtain harness that fits correctly.
Zebras, being wild animals, and not domesticated like horses and donkeys, pass on their wild animal traits to their offspring. Zebras, while not usually very large, are extremely strong and aggressive. Similarly, zorses have a strong temperament and can be aggressive.
[edit] Notable zorses
A zorse (more accurately a zony) was born at Eden Ostrich World, Cumbria, England in 2001 after a zebra was left in a field with a Shetland pony. It was referred to as a Zetland. This was the inspiration for the 2003 'Song For the Zorse' by London band The Coronets. According to local lore brown zorses have been spotted in the foot hills of the Appalachians in and around Charlottesville, Virginia.
Zorses have appeared in several TV shows and movies. In the Viva La Bam episode Groundhogs Day in the final race, Brandon Dicamillo's sled is a Zorse. It was colored pink, blue, purple and red and on the 'uncommentary' on the DVD seasons of 'Viva La Bam' Tim Glomb says "If you send me a list of all the episodes where the Zorse is I'll give you a dollar". Also, the 2007 movie I'm Reed Fish features a zorse named Zabrina. In the movie Racing Stripes, an animated zorse appears in the alternate ending. It is the son of Stripes (a zebra) and Sandy, a white filly.
Zorses have also appeared in books. They are briefly mentioned several times in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels. Sutton Coleman wrote a sonnet about Zorses and published it in his 2007 book, "Ligers, Tigons, and Zorses, Oh My!"
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