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folkloric animal , a supposed cross between ajackrabbit and anantelope ,goat , ordeer , usually portrayed as a rabbit withantlers .
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There's competition taxidermy (the 2008 World Taxidermy Championships -- a National Taxidermy Association sanctioned event -- will be held this February in Salzburg, Austria), novelty taxidermy (the jackalope is a proud example), and just plain bizarre taxidermy (I keep running into "rogue" taxidermy associations that make mythological creatures out of game animal parts).
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The word jackalope is a portmanteau of "jackrabbit" and
[Help] Most Recent Posts sonic_x_10 2010
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"Douglas Herrick, creator of the" jackalope "-- that curious critter with a jack rabbit's body and an antelope's antlers that could turn downright vicious when threatened yet sing a gentle tenor along with the best of the campfire cowboys -- has died.
Boing Boing: January 19, 2003 - January 25, 2003 Archives 2003
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9 A jackalope is a cross between "a now extinct pugmy deer and a rubbit."
BSNYC Fidray Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2009
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They sure have come a long way since the jackalope.
Sideshow Hoaxes and Artistic Freaks: A Creepy Collection of Rogue Taxidermy 2009
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Yes | No | Report from Jonbo wrote 46 weeks 2 hours ago to justfixitnow: that would probably be believed as much as a stuffed jackalope
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Next we'll be told that the flights must be suspended during jackalope mating season.
Sean Paige: Anti-Military Militancy Has Gotten Out of Hand Sean Paige 2010
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They sure have come a long way since the jackalope.
Sideshow Hoaxes and Artistic Freaks: A Creepy Collection of Rogue Taxidermy 2009
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Next we'll be told that the flights must be suspended during jackalope mating season.
Sean Paige: Anti-Military Militancy Has Gotten Out of Hand Sean Paige 2010
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We informed them that if those were rubs they must have been made by a jackalope being that close to the ground.
buck rubs or not 2009
born2badored commented on the word jackalope
Lepus-temperamentalus, or Deerbunnie
December 8, 2006
ruzuzu commented on the word jackalope
Here's some shocking new evidence.
December 13, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word jackalope
See Shope papilloma virus.
October 21, 2010
TankHughes commented on the word jackalope
My tired good friend just posited that jackalope = jackfruit + cantaloupe.
May 11, 2018