> The Romans were seemingly confused by the giraffe after their first encounter with it. They did not have a lot of ideas of how they were supposed to treat this creature, and as it embodied characteristics of both camel and leopard, they decided to name it “cameleopard.”
Avtsla on
Well ,It does have the spots of a leopard and the hump of a camel , so he wasn’t that far of
Hidaayat on
I prefer cameloparadalis.
Its the only word I remember from a small book I had on gladiators as a kid.
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> It must have been a joyful return to Rome in 46 BC for Julius Caesar. Following his success in Egypt, he had, reportedly, come back with quite a sweeping, exotic menagerie, among which the main attraction was a very “strange” species. The animal had a long neck and reminded people of both camels and leopards. It was the giraffe— probably the first one introduced among Europeans.
> The Romans were seemingly confused by the giraffe after their first encounter with it. They did not have a lot of ideas of how they were supposed to treat this creature, and as it embodied characteristics of both camel and leopard, they decided to name it “cameleopard.”
Well ,It does have the spots of a leopard and the hump of a camel , so he wasn’t that far of
I prefer cameloparadalis.
Its the only word I remember from a small book I had on gladiators as a kid.