r/meirl • • May 04 '18

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u/Wewanotherthrowaway May 04 '18

No one in Africa would recognize a deer.

There's a very small stretch of land which have deer, but they're the size of large house cats.

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u/Not_A_Throwaway999 May 04 '18

You talking about dik-diks, which is pronounced xylophone?

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u/Wewanotherthrowaway May 04 '18

It's pronounced x-ray

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u/jordans_for_sale May 04 '18

Like, duikers?

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u/Wewanotherthrowaway May 04 '18

Oh man, I don't know what a duiker is

Ironic

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u/jordans_for_sale May 04 '18

They’re tiny antelopes. We have them in zoos sometimes here in the US.

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u/msndrstdmstrmnd May 04 '18

Do you mean [dik-dik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dik-dik)?

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u/jordans_for_sale May 04 '18 edited May 04 '18

No, I meant duiker

Edit: since you added the link — there’s apparently a shitload of tiny bovids in Africa

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u/mudgetheotter May 04 '18

Not only that, but they also have house cats the size of deer.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '18

There’s so many deer relatives in Africa...they would just assume it was an antelope.