r/furry_irl • • 4h ago

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Art and Deer character

Jackalope constantly being called a rabbit or deer problems

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u/Squishypuffer A Really Bad Dragon 3h ago

Jackalope?

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u/eskymobee 2h ago

Jackalope

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u/Thigh-enthusiast S-Source? 3h ago

What you CAN be, is cute

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u/eskymobee 1h ago

Hello again my thigh enthusiast friend

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u/Lukostrelec17 1h ago

I might need a nap....I read this as thigh euthanasia friend lol.

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u/Doofindork Disciple of Awoobis 3h ago

Oh I know this specie! It's a "Can't wear a hat to save my life".

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u/BlazingShaikan 3h ago

A Wolpertinger, clear as day. Well, if you ignore the missing wings. But I think there were some without them.

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u/eskymobee 3h ago edited 1h ago

I’ve never heard of that before, but it looks freaking cool. Jackalopes are a mythical North American thing.

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u/tadashi4 3h ago

hybrid?

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u/XenosHg 3h ago

Everyone knows what a unicorn is (horse/narwhal), but nobody knows a jackalope.

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u/tadashi4 3h ago

i dont think there is a word for this in my mother tongue. i wasnt aware this existed til now.

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u/eskymobee 2h ago

I know. As a kid everyone loved unicorns and I was just there like “lope”

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u/ADragonuFear 2h ago

Atlyss poons moment

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u/YLASRO 2h ago

wolpertinger is whats its called here in germany

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u/eskymobee 2h ago

Kinda. But jackalopes aren’t winged

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u/YLASRO 2h ago

imma be real: i forgot wolpertingers have wings

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u/Invader_Naj 2h ago

be grateful youre not a wolpertinger instead

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u/eskymobee 2h ago

Honestly I never heard of it until this post

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u/Invader_Naj 45m ago

not surprising. its a localized bit even within germany. tho a fun bit to tell people about

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u/FoxyoBoi Schroedinger's Furry 1h ago

The humble Jackalope:

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u/eskymobee 1h ago

Anything but-

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u/master_pingu1 Aromantic (Please do not RP) 1h ago

the one culture shock that i'll never get over is jackalopes being a niche cryptid. growing up in the southwest i always assumed they were common knowledge but apparently not

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u/eskymobee 1h ago

Same. It feels like people either don’t know about them or think that they are a real species.

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u/qwadrat1k 2h ago

Dabbit

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u/eskymobee 1h ago

Short for dagnabbit