Well, I haven't told anyone about this yet...but we have one in captivity. It (we are now sure if it is a himalope or a heralope)is living in the chicken coop part of the big old barn here on the ranch. We have been feeding it all kinds of stuff to see what it likes as we heard they can actually be rather tasty if fed properly. So far it seems happiest when it has milk (homo milk, not that skim crap) and fresh lawn clippings. But now that we are not mowing the lawn anymore, I have been growing grass in the greenhouse. We have been introducing it to rolled organic barley flakes mixed with cranberries. This should result in prime well-marbled jackalope just in time for Christmas. It is already 450 pounds!
Needless to say, we are becoming a bit fearful at feeding time which is about six times a day as it hurls itself at the chicken wire repeatedly, and we are hoping it won't break through! When it isn't gobbling down its food, it hums! And I mean. it hums so loud that the ranch owner has been wondering what the noise is...We haven't told him about the critter or he would likely get mad and expect us to give him at least half when we butcher it later.
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