While Walking through the town of Passau along the Danube River in Germany last week, we chanced upon a curio shop in one of the side streets. Our eyes were drawn to this stuffed creature.
Mysterious Creature as seen on a shop window in Passau, Germany (c) Likeitiz
As you can see, it has the head and body of a hare or jack rabbit. But it has two horns like an antelope. Aside from its short forelimbs (Gee! You need a manicure pretty badly!) it has wings and feathers for a tail. And then, when you look at its hind limbs,it has webbed feet!
Can anyone tell me what creature this might be? Could it be a jackalope duck or goose? Would one consider it an evolved creature? Or someone’s crazy imagination? A masterpiece? Or a practical joke?
It would be a challenge for a taxonomists, huh!
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those “animals” are the running gag in Bavaria since 500 years …
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Must be a taxidermist’s past time. Clever!
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Awesome! Reminds me of X-men only it’s a rabbit with super stuff!
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Hmm. I wonder what it would look like when it’s trying to pass off as human. You know, like Mysticque.
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A jackalope that happened to drink the runoff water from Springfield’s Nuclear Power Plant…? Not sure how it ended up in Germany.
A jackalope dawk?
The nightmare that will haunt me the rest of the week?
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hey, I like Jackalope Dawk! Should we nickname it Dawkie?
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Definitely.
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It’s a mutant alright. Darwin should have seen this. 🙂
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He’d have a fit!
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Sabre Toothed Rabbit… it has to be a joke.
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Hahaha! Good name. Makes the creature sound ferocious. What about the horns?
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I didnt think that Sabre Toothed and Horny Rabbit wasn’t as frightening 🙂
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That’s crazy!
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Agree!
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A weird hybrid of bat, rabbit and a ram???? Oh I forgot the tail and what seems like embroidered wings 😀 Great catch Mary Ann.
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Wow! Looks like the creator couldn’t make up his/her mind, or wanted to see what kind of eclectic creation he could piece together. Very interesting in a strange kind of way 😉
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Yes, we did not know what to make of it!
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