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Most jackalopes are only heads, mounted on wood plaques for the rec room. This giant jackalope is full bodied, and inhabits the out-of-doors: on Center Street in Douglas, Wyoming, the town where the legendary horned rabbit of the West was invented some sixty years ago.<\/p>\n

It is well over six feet tall and made of fiberglass: an irresistible place to have your picture taken. A sign outside of Douglas, which long a declared itself the Jackalope Capital of the World, warns motorist to Watch Out for Jackalopes <\/em>despite the fact that Jackalope Hunting Licenses (available in many town souvenir stores) described it as \u201cperhaps the rarest animal in North America.\u201d<\/p>\n

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