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  Jackalope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some believe that the tales of jackalopes were inspired by sightings of rabbits infected with the Shope papillomavirus, which causes the growth of horn- and antler-like tumors in various places on the rabbit's head and body.
The jackalope was used in an episode of Pinky and the Brain as a key part of one of Brain's plots.
One of the characters in the comic strip Bloom County was Rosebud the Basselope, an antlered Basset hound.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jackalope   (1192 words)

  
 Douglas Area Chamber of Commerce
Jackalope, thanks to the Herrick brothers, have taken their place in modern mythology right alongside Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster.
Fact or fiction, legend or lark, the jackalope the Herricks stuffed and mounted gave their native Douglas, Wyo., a reason to be.
The statue was re-constructed in Jackalope Square in the center of Douglas, where it stands to this day.
www.jackalope.org /pages/17/index.htm   (491 words)

  
 Jackalope   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The jackalope is appears to be an Awakened form of the jackrabbit.
As it is an Awakened true hare, the jackalope is lankier and leaner than a rabbit, has longer ears and legs, and its leverets are born fully furred and open-eyed.
Legend suggests that the jackalope is a cross between a pygmy deer and a carnivorous hare.
members.aol.com /thermog2/shadowrun/creatures/jackalope.html   (381 words)

  
 The Jackalope
The jackalope is an antlered species of rabbit, unfortunately rumored to be extinct, though occasional sightings of this rare creature continue to occur, suggesting that pockets of jackalope populations continue to persist in its native home, the American West.
Jackalope milk is particularly sought after because it is believed to be a powerful aphrodisiac (for which reason, the jackalope is also sometimes referred to as the 'horny rabbit').
However, the jackalope does appear to have a European cousin, which in Germany is known as the wolperdinger.
www.museumofhoaxes.com /tall-tales/jackalope.html   (498 words)

  
 Origins of the Jackalope   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 —died Jan. 3, 2003 in Casper, Wyo. He was 82.
Jackalopes, thanks to the Herrick brothers, have taken their place in modern mythology right alongside Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster.
The town of Douglas erected an 8-foot-tall statue of the jackalope.
www.jackalopearts.org /jajackalope.html   (527 words)

  
 Jackalope
The Jackalope (Lepus-temperamentalus) is an antlered species of rabbit, and is one of the rarest animals in the world.
Jackalopes become especially vocal before thunderstorms, perhaps because they mate only when lightning flashes (or so it is theorized).
Jackalope hunting licenses can be obtained from the Douglas Chamber of Commerce, though hunting of jackalopes is restricted to the hours of midnight to 2 a.m.
www.creatingmarks.com /Jackalope.html   (765 words)

  
 POPsmear | Day Of The Jackalope   (Site not responding. Last check: )
While no jackalope has ever been held in captivity, taxidermist Doug Herrick of Douglas, Wyoming, was brought a fresh jackalope carcass by the famous Chief Illiniwek in 1939 (some historians put the year at 1934, but our connections say that is gobbledygook).
Unsatisfied with the eight-foot jackalope statue that has stood in the center of town since 1965, and perhaps feeling the heat from the popular riding jackalope at Wall, South Dakota's Wall Drug, sources have informed me that Douglas voters overwhelmingly passed an initiative to build an 80-foot fiberglass jackalope just off I-25.
Jackalopes are heavily marketed from Texas to North Dakota, and jackalope postcards in the region outsell all other postcards combined 2 to 1.
www.popsmear.com /popculture/features/17/jackalope.html   (1893 words)

  
 Jackalope
The jackalope (Lepus temperamentalis) is a fictional cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope (or sometimes a goat or deer), and is usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers.
The two mice disguised themselves as jackalopes and claimed that they were an endangered species, and that their native habitat was Pittsburgh.
A jackalope was also featured on the cover of Sam and Max Hit the Road, a computer game starring a dog detective, Sam, and his rabbit sidekick, Max, whose mission is to locate an escaped sasquatch.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Jackalope.php   (958 words)

  
 jackalope.html
The jackalope, a cottontail or domestic rabbit or jackrabbit mounted with the horns of a young antelope, deer or goat (here are several pictures of jackalopes) is commonly believed to have originated in the folklore of the American West.
Jackalope postcards have been available since the 1930's and several towns have offered jackalope hunting licenses as novelties.
Such animals are probably responsible for the jackalope, raurackl, rasselbock, wolpertinger, dilldapp and similar legends in the U.S., Europe and in African folk tales and for the belief in the existence of horned hares by naturalists in the 16th through 18th centuries.
ww2.lafayette.edu /~hollidac/jackalope.html   (2548 words)

  
 Jackalope Jewels LLC - jackalope lore
The jackalope (lepus antilocapris temperamentalis) is a mysterious hybrid animal native to the western United States, probably having originated in Wyoming.
The jackalope is almost extinct and has never been fully understood nor even consistently described: some authorities indicate that the jackalope is a cross between a jackrabbit and a pronghorn "antelope", while others have suggested that the species is part mule deer.
When the jackalope is involuntarily constrained to an area more confined than his natural, wide-open plains-and-desert habitat, he is thrust into close proximity with predatory species who are inclined to take advantage of the "rabbit".
www.jackalopejewels.com /jackalope.htm   (373 words)

  
 Neon Survey: Laughing Jackalope
At the top of the sign, upon the purple steel surface, the "Laughing Jackalope" logo text is spelled in yellow channel letters, and outlined with neon.
The remainder of the face of the cabinet is occupied by a two-dimensional cabinet.
Before the Laughing Jackalope was opened it was a property called the Sunbird Inn.
gaming.unlv.edu /v_museum/neon_survey/surveys/laughing_jacklope.html   (876 words)

  
 The Straight Dope: Does the jackalope have a rabbit's body but an antelope's horns?   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ah, the fabulous jackalope, with the body of a jackrabbit and the horns of an antelope.
The town of Douglas, Wyoming, claims to be the official home of the jackalope on the strength of a proclamation from the governor and the fact that a local taxidermist named Doug Herrick prepared one for exhibit in 1939.
The folks at the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas, which has a traveling exhibit on the jackalope, say reports of horned rabbits were published in Europe as early as 1551.
www.straightdope.com /columns/000811.html   (782 words)

  
 The Cryptid Zoo: Jackalope   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is a popular icon in the American west, typically a creature of taxidermy made by combining a dead rabbit with antlers from a deer or horns from a pronghorn antelope.
In the case of the jackalope, however, this belief reaches farther back than the 1930's and is actually rooted in some bits of reality.
Since the jackalope mystery seems to be solved without any possibility of it being a new species of animal, this creature is seldom mentioned by cryptozoologists and is generally not considered part of the field of cryptozoology.
www.newanimal.org /jackalope.htm   (417 words)

  
 World's Largest Jackalope   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The creator of the Jackalope, Douglas Herrick, lived in Casper Wyoming, but his hometown was Douglas.
Herrick, and in the last few years of his life, "...I asked him about his inspiration for the jackalope, and he said he got the idea from his grandfather who used to talk about it when Douglas was very young Douglas was a very good man and we miss him very much.
I just wanted you to know how he got the idea for the jackalope." Just a reminder that the makers of legacies are flesh and blood people who have a direct influence on many peoples' lives.
www.worldslargestthings.com /washington/jackalope.htm   (278 words)

  
 Jackalope - Uncyclopedia
The Jackalope is one of nature's most peculiar non-fictional creations.
The natural habitat of the Southwestern Jackalope ranges from Chile to North Chile to the Chili's restaurant in Carson City, Nevada.
Your jackalope is ripe when the blunt stem end smells strongly of fruitloops, it's skin is a even soft fawn colour, and when you squeeze it gently it you should feel it give under your finger tips.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Jackalope   (189 words)

  
 Cenotaph of the Jackalope
When the English first set foot upon the shores of this vast shaggy continent,2 the jackalope roamed in infinitely large herds through the deciduous forests of the east, the bunch grass prairies of the midwest, the wrinkled edges and scrub deserts of the west.
Invisible from the windows of the speeding train, the jackalope’s population dropped precipitously shortly after the machine, like some phallologocentric juggernaut, crashed through the garden gates, and not even an infinity of windbags full of purple prose can resurrect them from their common grave.
Still, no one has ever found a jackalope body, and while I have submitted blueprints to the White House for a proposed monument, in the form of an earthwork, to be located on the Central Mall, until the administration sees fit to build it, I have created this placeholder in cyberspace.
www.geocities.com /nodotus   (729 words)

  
 the jackalope
The Jackalope (Lepus-temperamentalus) is one of the rarest animals in the world.
Known by the ancients as "deerbunnies", it wasn't until the early 1960's that the modern more fearsome name of "jackalope" was adopted.
The jackalope, a cottontail or domestic rabbit or jackrabbit mounted with the horns of a young antelope, deer or goat is commonly believed to have originated in the folklore of the American West.
members.tripod.com /chi_a_baidh/id14.html   (1009 words)

  
 Wyoming Jackalope - WyomingTourism.org
Admittedly the Jackalope Capital of Wyoming (possibly the world) is Douglas where you will find all kinds of the curious critters, including an eight-footer at Jackalope Square.
The jackalopes multiplied so rapidly, obviously reflecting their rabbit breeding, that the state opened a hunting season.
The best place for you to search for a jackalope in the wild is in wide open country where there aren't a lot of other distractions.
www.wyomingtourism.org /cms/index.php?id=520   (840 words)

  
 Jackalopes for sale
The fabulous Jackalope of Wyoming, also known as the Jackelope, or Jack-o-lope, was first sighted by lonesome cowboys while they were singing songs around their campfires.
Since the male and female Jackalope look alike from a distance, the hunting permit is valid only if hunting is done with a slingshot using stun pellets.
After the Jackalope is stunned, the lucky hunter must perform a close visual inspection to determine the sex of the stunned Jackalope.
www.bigcountrytradingpost.com /jackalopejunction/Jackalopes_for.html   (299 words)

  
 OCB - Music - Jacalope
Jackalope's music straddles the ancient and modern, blending ethnic melodies, rhythms and instruments with modern technologies and urban musical styles.
Inspired by the mating dances of the jackalope, this album of eleven songs is Jackalope's first dance album.
No part of this website may be copied, in whole or in part, nor is any release given for any use other than the display of these pages on a monitor display.
www.ocbtp.com /jackalop.html   (251 words)

  
 Stuffe & Nonsense Lore: Jackalopes
There's a jackalope that has a grill in Bend, Oregon, and they're all around the eastern part of California.
The symbolic meaning of the jackalope in connection with Anubis is also obscure.
The traditional beard of the guardian spirit emphasizes the stately grace of the jackalope.
www.stuffemal.com /misc/jackalope.html   (679 words)

  
 Jackalope, The - Austin, TX, 78701 - Citysearch
Jackalope, The - Austin, TX, 78701 - Citysearch
The pulsating heart of Sixth Street now has a grungy addition with red walls, a fl background and a large mounted bust of a Jackalope inviting stumbling stragglers into its rowdy den.
Nudie pictures of women line the wall leading to a small performance stage, and the lights dangling in front of the bar playfully boast girlie covers.
austin.citysearch.com /profile/40846917   (199 words)

  
 CD Baby: JACKALOPE: Where the Jackalope Roam
Jackalope is dedicated to the idea that music should be fun…sometimes even funny.
I had a hard time hearing the bass on my computer, but on the CD, it was great to once again hear music in which the bass did not merely underpin the music, but served to punctuate it in a wonderfully balanced and upbeat fashion.
While it's apparent that Jackalope has been influenced by the Beatles and James Taylor, it's also true that this CD stands own with refreshing melodies and arrangements.
cdbaby.com /cd/jackalopemusic   (469 words)

  
 Welcome to Jackalope Lakeside on the Web!!
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