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Dave's Mythical Creatures and Places |
Camelopard
| Description |
Described as half-camel and half-leopard.
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| Might be | It
is actually a giraffe.
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| Described By: |
Early Romans sought to describe giraffes by using the combination of
the shape of a camel with the coloration of the leopard.
Archbishop Trent writes: "It is a creature combining, though with
infinitely more grace, yet some of the height and even the proportions
of a camel, with the spotted skin of the pard."
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| Related to | In
heraldry, similar creatures were: Allocamelus- (ass-camel)- the body of a camel with the head of an ass. Cameolpardel- like the camelopard, but with two horns curved backwards. (pictured above)
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