50 Facts About Jackalopes Book

Title: 50 Facts About Jackalopes
Story by
Bruce Larkin
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Table of Contents
Whereabouts.........................................2
Appearance..........................................2
Diet.........................................................3
Antlers....................................................3
Offspring................................................4
Life Span................................................ 6
Sleep Patterns........................................6
Sightings and Human Interaction.........7
Abilities and Features............................9
Miscellaneous......................................12
Whereabouts:
1. Originally found in the western United
States.
2. Biologists feel that jackalopes may have
colonized areas east of the Mississippi
River.
3. Jackalopes will never establish
themselves in Canada because they
are allergic to poutine.
Appearance:
4. The most common colors for jackalopes
are tan, brown, white, or a mixture of
those colors.
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5. Every 13th jackalope has bright red
eyes.
Diet:
6.
Jackalopes in the wild eat grass, nuts,
and seeds.
7.
They are opportunistic feeders of hay
and grain when it is available.
8.
Jackalopes are not considered pests
because they do not eat cultivated
crops or plants from gardens.
9.
Jackalopes that have been around
people often develop a fondness for
gumdrops and popcorn.
Antlers:
10. The antlers of jackalopes
usually resemble those
of a mule deer.
11. There is a wide variety in the shape
and size of their antlers, just as in deer.
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12. The small spiked antlers on some
jackalopes are sometimes mistakenly
compared to the horns of a pronghorn
antelope.
13. Males and females both have antlers.
14. Jackalope antlers have a faint candy
corn aroma.
15. Jackalopes shed their antlers every
Halloween.
Offspring:
16. They only mate during thunderstorms
on February 13th of leap years.
17. They are born with antlers.
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18. They are smaller than a baby mouse
when born.
19. They grow to their full size within three
hours of birth.
20. Babies are almost never seen because
of their quick growth rate.
21. The gestation period for a jackalope is
13 minutes.
22. They are born and grow so quickly that
they are often born on the same day
as their great-grandparents.
23. Baby jackalopes mature so quickly that
when they take naps they sometimes
wake up with grandchildren.
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24. Young jackalopes are called
jackalopeenies.
25. Jackalopes usually have 13 babies at a
time; 6 babies of one gender and 7 of
the other.
Life Span:
26. Jackalopes have one of the longest life
spans of any animal.
27. Jackalopes often live to be more than
100 years old.
Sleep Patterns:
28. Adult Jackalopes snore very loudly,
but that doesn’t give away their
location because they only sleep for 13
seconds at a time.
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Sightings and Human Interaction:
29. Teddy Roosevelt discovered that you
can soothe a jackalope by waving
blue underwear over your head.
30. Early settlers thought it was good luck
to see a jackalope right before
harvest.
31. Even though they
are usually seen
alone, jackalopes
do form groups
called flaggerdoots.
32. No person in recorded history has ever
seen a jackalope and a unicorn on the
same day.
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33. Jackalopes are attracted to singing,
especially by cowboys and campers.
34. Jackalopes have a fondness for
chewing on cowboy boots, especially
cowboy boots being worn by sleeping
cowboys.
35. You can keep jackalopes from
chewing on your cowboy boots by
sprinkling some talcum powder and
cayenne pepper in the boots.
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36. Many of the same people who
have been on snipe hunts are invited
to jackalope roundups.
37. Most serious Yeti
trackers prefer to
use specially
trained jackalopes
rather than
bloodhounds.
38. It is illegal in most
states to use
spotlights, flares, or
beef tallow candles
when pursuing
jackalopes at night.
39. The best lariats for lassoing jackalopes
are made from javelina hide.
Abilities/Features:
40. Pioneers valued jackalope milk for its
medicinal qualities.
41. Jackalope milk has been mixed with
Gila monster venom to form a powerful
diuretic.
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42. Jackalopes are never seen in zoos or
circuses because they terrify lions,
tigers, and bears.
43. Jackalopes are excellent runners,
jumpers, swimmers, and climbers.
44. Jackalopes have better eyesight than
eagles.
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45. Jackalopes can mimic human voices
even better than parrots can.
46. Jackalopes will often ride tornados
from place to place.
47. Jackalope saliva has been used to
create water-proof ink.
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Miscellaneous:
48. Many cave paintings that have not
been discovered yet feature
jackalopes.
49. Jackalopes leave extremely faint paw
prints, so not seeing any paw prints is
an excellent sign that you probably
have jackalopes in your area.
50. People trying to catch jackalopes
have found that peanut butter and
pickle sandwiches are the best bait.
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A.10.31.13
READING LEVEL: GRADE 2-3
GUIDED READING LEVEL: M
INTERVENTION LEVEL: 28
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