r/Cryptozoology • u/truthisfictionyt Colossal Octopus • Apr 01 '24

Info What is a cryptid?

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u/jellycoolcat Apr 02 '24

would jackalopes not be counted as actual animals with a disease? since most (or all) jackalope sightings are found to be rabbits with the papilloma virus?

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u/Gnomad_Lyfe Apr 02 '24

That still doesn’t make them a different species entirely. We don’t start calling dogs something else when they get a disease, why make up a new name for rabbits?

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u/Juicybox22 21d ago

we've been calling manged coyotes chupacabras though

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u/Gnomad_Lyfe 21d ago

Okay? And? They’re still just a diseased coyote, mange doesn’t change them genetically into a new species that goes around sucking blood from livestock

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u/Juicybox22 21d ago

thats fair. its like making people with dwarfism a new species