[lazarus] Web site and Splash image +leopard??
Florian Klaempfl
Florian.Klaempfl at gmx.de
Wed Mar 6 10:26:01 EST 2002
At 10:34 06.03.02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey guys...I stayed the better part of my life in Africa...
>That is not a leopard,...unless the artist got the gif all wrong....it's a
>Cheetah
>Acinonyx Jubatus.
It's cheetah.
> The word cheetah is derived from a hindi word
It's derived from the hindi word chitra which means spotted.
>as the indian
>royalty used cheetahs to hunt as long as man has recorded history.
>
>A cheetah is only remotely related to the cat family (as leopards) as it
>does not
>even have retractable claws. They have feet looking exactly like that of a
>dog which
>is one reason they can run that fast.
Hmmm, in general dogs are much slower than cats and I think feet of dogs are
for long runnings and not for fast running! So this can't be a reason ...
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