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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 51 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (3 children)

Fun Fact, pictured above appears to be a goat on a mountain, which is NOT a Mountain Goat because Mountain Goats are not goats. Mountain Goats are Antellopes.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 36 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Pfft next you’ll tell me water bears aren’t bears

[–] Una@europe.pub 21 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 18 hours ago

"This is cheese sauce. Can you guess what it's made from?"

"Sauce?"

"That's right: Cheese."

sobbing

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 25 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

The superior mountain goat that's actually a goat:

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[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I got genuinely curious about this goat, so here's the name: Markhor

[–] caradenada@feddit.cl 5 points 12 hours ago

Friends call him Mark.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago

That's cool and all, but I'm cheering for the mountain. Geology rocks!

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

One of the most disappointing facts when learning English was how many different animals are just called goat or deer

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

like pronghorn antelope, is not an antelope at all, its antilocarpine, sister to the giraffe family. or the american cheetah, is actually a suped up puma relative.