tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014005277153555622.post5095681590144488890..comments2023-03-29T04:47:15.998-05:00Comments on Spiritcreek: The Plight of Jackalopes in KansasJackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461386564339879940noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014005277153555622.post-76975871800405191942014-02-27T11:34:28.806-06:002014-02-27T11:34:28.806-06:00Well, that jackalope reserve is in the extreme sou...Well, that jackalope reserve is in the extreme southeast corner of Kansas - right next to tropical Oklahoma and Missouri. The palm tree is the Oklahoma State Tree, I'm pretty sure. (You know, I am an enormously important contributor to Fox News.)Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461386564339879940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014005277153555622.post-78424553283996303862014-02-27T08:25:54.460-06:002014-02-27T08:25:54.460-06:00How could I have missed those palm trees in the Ja...How could I have missed those palm trees in the Jackalope Reserve photo? The only place I have seen palm trees in Kansas is at a massive truck stop, somewhere between Wichita and Denver. And they were, ahem, faux.<br /><br />Could it be the entire jackalope story is, er ..........Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239798951473493987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014005277153555622.post-69345418509553878912014-02-26T16:19:07.419-06:002014-02-26T16:19:07.419-06:00I can't believe I'm the first to comment. ...I can't believe I'm the first to comment. I am so happy to read such well-researched commentary. Especially in light of the recently gone-viral Facebook Quiz ('Which Badly Taxidermied Animal Are You?') the plight of the poor jackalope needs to be better known. I only wish we had a population in Oregon -- I think they would do well in the eastern 2/3 of the state that is desert. There may previously have been a large number here, but possibly it was wiped out as the gigantic pluvial lakes emptied at the end of the Pleistocene. Perhaps someday fossil tracks will be found in ancestral Lake Lahontan or Missoula.<br /><br />Sadly, local rednecks, er, I mean small-town citizenry in the least populated corners of the desert, are still holding (legal) coyote hunts. Jackalopes would stand little chance of escaping their notice, were they still around.<br /><br />Thanks again for updating us all. Excellent map, and keep Kansas free of tourists!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239798951473493987noreply@blogger.com