# Them Jackalopes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-jackalopes/657438>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 3, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-jackalopes/657438 "2013-05-03T18:32:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-jackalopes/657438/21 "2013-05-09T15:21:03Z")

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> [@Santa\_Cruz\_n](#):
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> Is that because people of German decent are good taxidermists or that they like to play practical jokes?

No, he’s saying that the ancient idea of a rabbit with horns in Germany and a modern idea of a rabbit with horns in Texas would likely be connected by the German immigrants to Texas bringing the idea with them and regurgitating it in the new land.

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**Author:** ![waddlingeagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@waddlingeagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waddlingeagle)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-jackalopes/657438/22 "2013-05-10T13:57:56Z")

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> [@Santa\_Cruz\_n](#):
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> Is that because people of German decent are good taxidermists or that they like to play practical jokes?

Possibly both, but it has more to do with the traditional making of wolpertingers in Bavaria.

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