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

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

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

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 and more consistent, they say.

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

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.