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[edit] Tatobox

Lepus Anteoculini

Should a fictional animal such as this have a tatobox so similar to real animals? I think it's kind of misleading, since the classification is completely made up. Bryan 07:23, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I think the answer is obvious: no, it shouldn't have a taxobox, especially not one that's completely mucked-up (Carnivora isn't a genus). This is just Reddi being silly again (he tried to put a taxobox into Wookiee too). --No-One Jones 07:40, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I'll also note that Anteoculini fails the Google test, leading me to think that it's a category straight out of the author's imagination. --No-One Jones 07:44, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)

It wasn't meant as original research ... but as bj-a-odn JDR 20:26, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Fictional?

Why is this listed as a fictional animal? I have a pet Jackalope at home. They're not common, and there are probably a lot of fakes around, but they are a real animal.

• Comment by 24.128.50.209. --Aurochs
• Great! Let's have a picture! ----Isaac R 19:18, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

http://images.google.com/images?channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hl=en&q=Shope+papillomavirus&btnG=Search+Images 71.53.163.211 21:53, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

a pet jackelope? You have to call a newspaper than! It must be the first jackelope caugt alive! Beware of scientists, they will probably want to study it (actually, this means they cut him into pieces and you don't want this to happen to your beloved pet).

I know they exist. I'd read about them in a really TRUSTABLE scientific magazine. So I also wonder: why is this animal classified as a fictional creature? How trustable is Wikipedia if real existing animals are called fictional? What will be the next animal said not to exist? A horse maybe? Or a dog? Perhaps a salmon?

try looking up "Shope papillomavirus," a form of cancer that causes bunnies to grow horns. This does not make jackalope a species71.53.163.211 21:50, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Wouter Vereydt

P.S. If you want to call me names because I dare to say what I think and know, it is forbidden to do that on a website. Please send me an e-mail to cal me a liar. Here's my e-mail adress: wouter_verreydt@hotmail.com

[edit] Jackalope.jpg

The image in this article (Image:Jackalope.jpg) does not currently have any source or copyright information - and so it can now be deleted. I've looked around on google images for the original but can't source it. Does anyone here know where its from or have a free replacement image they could upload? Cheers Agnte 19:01, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jackalopes are real.

http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/jackalope.html

According to this website, the Shope papilloma virus creates horn like growths similar to keritan horns on human skin tumors on jackrabbits and cottontails. The myth of a jackalope is probably based on the factual occurrence of diseased horned rabbits... this places a whole new important spin on the article.

Gotnerve 07:46, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

you say that this virus creates this growhts on human skin tumors on jackrabbits and cottontails eh? How dou you explain a human skin tumor on a jackrabbit or a cottontail? I don't think these animals are human...

Grammar'ed--"The Shope papilloma virus creates horn-like growths, similar to keritan horns on human skin tumors, on rabbits." Which doesn't mean it makes rabbits magically have human skin... it means that it causes horn-like growths similar to the ones on some human tumors. 63.215.28.145 20:58, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Frasier

There was a reference to a Jackalope in Frasier, along with, I think, the head of one mounted for show. I can't remember the specifics enough to add it in though.

[edit] trying to edit

I keep trying to contribute to this page and some so and so keeps erasing my contributions and calling them vandalism. Let's put a stop to it, OK?--Bubbabear 03:21, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

BubbaBear, your edits may have a problem with verifiability. Many new contributions to Wikipedia are heavily scrutinized to be attributable to some outside source. That helps make sure people don't just make stuff up and add it. If you can find a source - web page, newspaper, a book, etc - that says the things you are trying to add you'll have good luck getting your edits to stick. Unfortunately, the jackalope is mostly an oral legend passed on amongst people in an informal setting. It can be difficult to find source material that backs up specific points of the legend, even the stuff that "everybody knows". It isn't correct for your material to be removed as vandalism, though, the other editors may want to put a {{Fact}} tag on it and give you some time to find the details. Good luck. SchmuckyTheCat 03:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I found the info on one of the web pages listed as an external resource. If you'd like me to add a source I will gladly do so.--Bubbabear 12:16, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

as for being "some so and so", I am a contributor to wikipedia like everyone else, If you place unsourced information then I will gladly remove it, each and every time. However, if you provide a source that is reliable, I would just as gladly leave the information in place. As to calling it vandalism, I may have jumped the gun and got you confused with one of the many others I removed from this article in a purge I did the other day, If that is the case, I apologise. Regards, -- Nashville Monkey 12:24, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stagbunny Movie

There was a movie shot in Wyoming last year. Should something be added to the film section?

Stagbunny on Amazon

Stagbunny on IMDB

[edit] Trivia

I've deprecated the trivia tag on this article. As a modern oral legend, it owes its very existence and notability to pop culture. SchmuckyTheCat

[edit] America's Funniest ... ?

The jackalope appeared several times on America's Funniest Home Videos before it appeared on America's Funniest People. This was my -and I'm sure many other's- first exposure to the jackalope. It seems like it should be mentioned. Machee 16:01, 12 October 2007 (UTC)