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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.

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Friday, April 08, 2011

RAHEEL MUGHAL: The Jackalope

The Jackalope is a mythological jack-rabbit from the Midwest of America. The name itself is derived from the merging of both “Jack”, in jack-rabbit and “Alope”, from antalope (an archaic spelling of antelope). It is described as being quite fearsome; having an antelopes horns growing out from its head and pheasants back legs and tail. Tales of such creatures may well have been inspired by sightings of jack-rabbits infected with shope papiloma virus a condition that causes the growth of antler-like tumors all over the head and body in rabbits. Nevertheless, the concept of animal chimeras are present in the mythology of nearly all cultures the world over. Whatever the case, the Jackalope has enjoyed widespread appeal by both North American children and adults alike in such popular culture as diverse as comic books, cartoons and the silver screen, respectively.

This picture of a distressingly right wing jackalope was taken at Jackalope Joe's in San Antonio by Jon just about a year ago.

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