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[A. J. Raffles]

ARGH!

OK, can it make a distinctive sound (i.e. a sound that even someone who isn't a zoologist would associate with this type of animal)?

[Mighty Midget]

Strange question. I suppose the ordinary fellow wouldn't know how it sounds like.

[A. J. Raffles]

I'm only trying to figure out whether I'm supposed to think of a fairly common run-off-the-mill animal that any five-year-old would know or something slightly more uncommon, like a Sudanese speckled warthog or some wacky Australian animal that has four legs, feathers and a tailfin and carries its young on its back until they're too heavy to carry, or something like that. With you, I suspect the latter is probably more likely...

Anyway, would "the ordinary fellow" recognise it at sight and be able to name it, then?

[Mighty Midget]

I'd say a huuuuge number of people would recognise it and be able to name it.

[Frodo]

Methinks AJ is starting to get a tad frustrated.  

Is is a buffalo?

[A. J. Raffles]

Indeed I am... Some sort of deer?

[Frodo]

A. J. Raffles, on Apr 15 2008, 07:32 PM, said:

Indeed I am... Some sort of deer?

That's what I thought as well, but a1s already asked that on page 13.  

[a1s]

I also asked if it was "some sort of wild bull-thing", which includes buffaloes (it should anyway). and "it's smaller [than a horse]".

does it have less than 7 letters in it's English name? (used by laymen)

[Mighty Midget]

Frodo: No

Frodo and A.J.: I think a deer is a deer but "some sort of deer" is something different so, yes, it is some sort of deer.

[Frodo]

Okay, some sort of deer... Antelope?

[A. J. Raffles]

Elk?

[Mighty Midget]

Ok, we're closing in. Still, 3x no

[A. J. Raffles]

Reindeer?

[Mighty Midget]

\o/ yes

Your turn

[a1s]

reindeer is a deer. it's in the name