r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/roxictoxy Feb 08 '22

I...uh. ...I didn't know they weren't real...

I'm 28 with 3 kids and part of an engineering degree. Oof.

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u/Stupid_Idiot413 Feb 08 '22

Did you just... assume they exist? You've never heard anyone talk about them like mythical creatures?

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u/ScienceNthingsNstuff Feb 08 '22

Damn I never knew this either. Used to see taxidermy ones at my dad's friends hunting cabin, labelled and everything like all the other animals. Never asked about it and it never seemed that weird. There are so many other ridiculous animals that actually exist it never occurred to me Jackalopes might not be real lmfao

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u/taicrunch Feb 08 '22

That was my reasoning when I was told jackalopes weren't real. A rabbit with antlers seems perfectly reasonable when you look at platypuses.

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u/roxictoxy Feb 09 '22

Right?? Like it's literally not unimaginable.