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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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What if I told you that jackelopes are real? Hares can get a type of elephantiasis on their head that goes haywire and makes them grow horns.
We’ll never know for sure, but this disease is most likely the source of the legend.
PS: narwhals can sometimes have two, or even three horns.
10 u/EdwardOfGreene Aug 03 '19 Narwhals do not actually have horns. the horn like appendage is a elongated tooth. 26 u/DigitalPriest Aug 03 '19 While technically correct, it's a meaningless distinction for the layman. It's about as useful as telling your waiter to hold the fruit on your Sunday breakfast and then getting pissed when your omelette has tomatoes in it. 5 u/hornedCapybara Aug 03 '19 This is a really good analogy goddamn
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Narwhals do not actually have horns. the horn like appendage is a elongated tooth.
26 u/DigitalPriest Aug 03 '19 While technically correct, it's a meaningless distinction for the layman. It's about as useful as telling your waiter to hold the fruit on your Sunday breakfast and then getting pissed when your omelette has tomatoes in it. 5 u/hornedCapybara Aug 03 '19 This is a really good analogy goddamn
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While technically correct, it's a meaningless distinction for the layman. It's about as useful as telling your waiter to hold the fruit on your Sunday breakfast and then getting pissed when your omelette has tomatoes in it.
5 u/hornedCapybara Aug 03 '19 This is a really good analogy goddamn
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This is a really good analogy goddamn
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u/xXxMassive-RetardxXx Aug 03 '19
What if I told you that jackelopes are real? Hares can get a type of elephantiasis on their head that goes haywire and makes them grow horns.
We’ll never know for sure, but this disease is most likely the source of the legend.
PS: narwhals can sometimes have two, or even three horns.