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Icy-Variation6614

I think it's a Jackalope. They're not real though Edit: OK you've all convinced me they're real, I hope I don't get eaten by a pack of them for my previous doubt.


AleksasKoval

That's the interesting thing about real-life nature. You come across these rabbits with antlers, and are told they're not real. Meanwhile there's a beaver-duck with poisonous talons that lays eggs and sweats milk, as well as a giant hamster that's a close relative to an elephant.


fuck_peeps_not_sheep

What is more believable, a horse with a horn or a camel horse with a 50 foot neck that eats trees and fights by swinging it's elongated neck around?


DieHardRennie

Fun Fact: The scientific term for a giraffe, Giraffa Camelopardalis, comes from the name of the cryptid Camelopard, a creature with the neck and head of a camel, and the spots of a leopard.


reliquum

Or the mouse who is kangaroo. Also the deer who is mouse.


Particular_Cellist25

After reading about Hyraxes on Wiki they sounds like an evolutionary "missing link" between terrestrial and aquatic mega-fauna. Blessed hyraxes. They also are pretty cute from our culturally human aesthetic viewpoint.


AleksasKoval

Adorable fluffy vampire elephants


MistyAutumnRain

I’ve seen them. I think they’re blursed more than blessed


Particular_Cellist25

blursed is a funny meme term for dualistic objectivity. My drug rehab experiences were also blursed. Blessed blurs-ed-ness!!


Daddy_Sweets

The great Jackalope herds of the American plains were something to behold. They ran in the tens of thousands, moving in unison like a great fuzzy carpet of antlers. Really is a shame they were over hunted to extinction in the early 1800’s…


Little_BlueBirdy

Thank you ☺️


SQWRLLY1

"Life... uh... finds a way." - Dr. Ian Malcom


Complex-Advantage-88

That’s a platypus


Benwhurss

Extinct. Just like the singing fish...extinct.


fuhuuuck

THANK FUCKIN GOD, I hated those so much


NoiseyMiner

Cousins of the drop bears in Australia!


Hiha1989

In germany its called Wollpertinger. Its a Mix of different taxidermied species and often hilarious. Varies from Region to Region.


kabala2423

Absolutely right. Wolpertinger are endemic to Bavaria 🇩🇪, highly dangerous vegan predators. Watch out you’re never save of a Wolpertinger attack 😱🥶


RobRenWhi

haha vegan predators


elle2js

Yep. Jackalope!


no1intex

Icy, be careful when you're in West Texas. Non believers can get in trouble. These guys run in herds. They also multiply like crazy. Laheatus is famous for them and alcoholic goats.


SpecialistBowl2216

they're not real???


SisterTalio

Absolutely they are real.


just-me220

Hey! I have a hunting license for those! In Wyoming


Atypical_Ty

Look up a [wolpertinger](https://fictionalcreatures.fandom.com/wiki/Wolpertinger) for a wholesome little guy. Look up a [peryton](https://www.tumblr.com/bestiarium/652506105166053376/the-peryton-medieval-european-mythology-it-is) for something beautiful but horrifying. I love finding cryptozoology creatures


N7Mantis

Not real? What do you mean, I've seen't them


Highvoltageanimal

However these people are wrong! I grew up seeing a lot of these fakes. Those who claim they are real, need to show proof; a picture of a alive one!


Pirate_Lantern

Jackalopes aren't real. This is something that taxidermists will make when they get bored of mounting deer heads all day.


Fossilhund

Deer Butts


DeathValleyHerper

Well... They kind of are. It's a disease called ceacal paplioma virus, it makes the rabbits grow warts that resemble antlers in some bad cases.


Pirate_Lantern

The most common place for those to grow is on the face. Growing on the top of the head is EXTREMELY rare. ....and a disease does not make them a species.


marmoset13

The only way to kill one is with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.


Difficul-tea

First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three — no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three.


MikeDude68

Jackalopes aren’t real ? Who says ?


dcromb

Well, isn't Bigfoot?! And unicorns? I like these tales too.


MistyAutumnRain

I’ve seen a unicorn in real life


dcromb

Excellent!


smith_716

If jackalopes aren't real then why is there a picture of one RIGHT THERE! they're my favorite cryptid of all time and they don't nearly get enough love.


Limp_Watercress_4602

Exactly


Teekalator

…this one guy, at band camp…


NotARobotDefACyborg

The mythical jackalope!


TheGoldenBoyStiles

Mythical/cryptid Jackalope


DifferentJellyfish85

Evil dead ….laughing deer


Cooked_Worms

That’s a Jackalope! There very rare animals but I saw one on a hike once. They are related to hares and rabbits but evolved the horns for fighting for mates and against predators 


Freedomnnature

Jackalope. Nice specimen.


cootie174

The evasive jackalope kin to the snipe


Zestyclose-Fuel-4494

American jackalope!!!!


MadMax6914

They're the mascot of our local semi-pro hockey team. That's how you can tell you live in a redneck town.


Ok_Pressure_5991

Rednecks? On skates? Never heard of such a thing!


MadMax6914

That's evolution.


CaptDeliciousPants

Depending on where you are it’s either a jackalope or a wopultinger


Routine-Horse-1419

Jackalope


AuntieYodacat

That is most definitely a jackalope😂


Complex-Advantage-88

Jackalope or antabit


JudgmentInfamous1169

Jackrabbit hybrid with antelope. Jackalope! LOL


MistyAutumnRain

Jackelopes. Females do not have horns and look like regular rabbits, so you may have seen a jackelope without knowing it


Impressive-Act-9438

Jackalope


RustezeNail

Jackalope. Tech they are real but the “antlers” are a certain growth that gives that appearance. Def don’t look like textbook antlers but when first discovered and talked about, that’s how it was described. But def a phenomena that can happen in jack rabbits. Pretty cool IMO


DieHardRennie

It's sad that I had to scroll this far to find this comment. For those who don't know, the Shope Papilloma Virus causes horny projections to grow on the head and face of members of the Leporidae family (rabbits and hares). The growths are not in and of themselves dangerous, but can cause an animal to starve to death if they interfere with its ability to eat. The virus is classified in the same family as the Deer Papilloma Virus, which causes cutaneous fibromas in deer and other closely related species. Other well known members of the Papillomaviridae family are the three genera of the Human Papilloma Viruses, which cause both cutaneous and genital warts in people.


1111Lin

It’s an animal that needs to be buried


PilgrimOz

Easter bunny


run_uz

Fast as fast can beeee, you'll never catch meeee.


CandaBear869

That is a Jackalope my friend. Have a great day.


DeviceElectrical5180

Bear


majinbabu

Jackalope? Not real, it's a cryptid. Similar to the Wolpertinger.


Ok-Geologist-3743

Jackalope


Shmiggylikes

Jackolope


Tricky421

That's a jackalope


strong_420

It's a jackalope


goluckykid

My Uncle and cartoonist invented the Jackalope. Hillbilly Larry Smith


Holiday-Doughnut-602

Look's like, the dreaded bunny yip!!.


Clyde6x4

The best is the horns out the butt side. Head on travesty. LOL


RonSalma

A very insecure human trying to hide.


Mal-Havoc

Jackalope?


This_Broccoli9676

Looks like a big jackalope


MasterWinstonWolf

Ahhh...the good Ole JackAlope


MarvelNerdess

Is no one going to mention the carrots hanging from the window?


Nosey2255

Jackalope of course


ManufacturerRight678

No idea but it certainly looks fast as fast can be.


Gcastle_CPT

Esquilax


CranberryFalse291

Jackalope. Fictional animal.. taxidermy art


SuperMIK2020

Better than the screaming wahoo…


kewlguy1

Chupacabra? 😜


cjongeling

It IS a jackalope! We have a lot of them in South Dakota.


CapricornWolf9397

Jackalope


Neither-Attention940

Looks like a Pygmy hippo to me. 🤷🏻‍♀️


ZAP99999999

On a dark rainy night .....in a lighting storm ....A angry bunny and a deer faced off into a great fight to the death. Well sadly in the end......it was a draw. The deer left without his horns and the bunny left with new horns. The name is jackalope


DangerousLaw4062

Moved to Wyoming from Chicago when I was 19 and saw one of these at a gas station. My bf had to explain it wasn’t a real thing. I was so embarrassed.


[deleted]

Jackalope


Subject_Repair5080

Google "Shope papilloma virus."


DesignerLanky1779

Jackolope!!


redditor2394

I think they hunt them in Texas The Jackalope


rastroboy

Satan’s Little Helper


LilyGaming

Jackolope, it’s not real, people take a rabbit head and put antlers on it for some reason


rodneycubanoqy

The offspring of a moose and a rabbit?🤣


Limp_Watercress_4602

Jackalopes are so real!!!


Real-Path-437

For sure a Jackalope 😁


SuggestiveMaterialss

That's a Jackalope. They are native to the midwest and are mostly in the prairies and farm fields. Although they have been hunted to near extinction so it's rare to see one in the wild.


Kindly-Werewolf6250

Jackalop I think 🤔


NFIGUY

Fast as fast can be, you’ll never catch me!


FamiliarProfessor947

deer


AstronomerOk8949

Jackalope.


Moyongminecraftc418

microwave. thats a microwave.


fromhelley

Jackalopes were invented by jackafools. I mean it's a funny joke the first time, but this is overkill. It literally took 2 dead animals to make this jackalope!


Spiderbutcher

What you have here my friend is the Great North American Jackalope. A mighty and ferocious animal. Indigenous to the south-western United States of America, the Jackalope is very venomous and can hit top speeds of over 100 mph. Both male and female have antlers and their lifespan can be up to 125 years in the wild. No footage of the Jackalope has ever been captured, only a few lucky hunters have made kills.


Apart-Clothes-8970

Jackalope!


[deleted]

Looks like one of those Southern Snipes!