Re: HORNY MAMMALS

[Rich Travsky <rtravsky@UWYO.EDU>]

> dwn194@soton.ac.uk (D.W.Naish) writes:
> 
> >Here's a little test for you all: Why are bighorn sheep called bighorn
> sheep?
> >This is not a joke!
> >
> Don't tell me. They're named after the Bighorn River, right?
No, the Bighorn Mountains. I'm a Wyoming Resident, and it says this
right on the map. So There.

Actually, the name original name was "big horned-sheep", i.e., sheep
with horns that were also big. But Western drawls corrupted the 
name. 

The Indian name was "watta wastatim e", which means "name that confuses".

I read this on a place mat at a resturant so I know it's really
reallly true.

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