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[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 37 points 3 days ago

The gif in question:

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Goats have a goatee, goat-feet, a perceptible smell, horns, and sound like an evil laugh. Also, they have a nasty habit of taking people by surprise in places no sane people would imagine a large animal could be.

No need to mess with deer in weird positions.

[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago
[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

gerenuk aka the giraffe gazelle.

(Antelope)

[–] unbanshee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So... deer are mantids?! I thought they were alien reptilians... I'm so in the weeds...

[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Even more in the weeds when you realise that’s not a deer

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, ikr it’s an antelope!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Yup it's called the gerenruk

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I saw it once I squinted. I'm gambling a lot on low-res pattern recognition in terms of visual acuity nowadays... Whatever, antelopes are basically just bougie deer, idec...

[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

idec...

Its amazing how well people can read sarcasm through text lol

Although only as a disingenuously aloof retort meant to shift attention away from my worsening decrepitude:))) Theatre, nothing more.

[–] NafiTheBear@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago

I think there was a reference to it in infinite train as well, but I can't remember where exactly.