From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2001-09-06T00:00:23+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:20925] Re: OReilly Ruby book has snail on cover Hi, In message "[ruby-talk:20922] Re: OReilly Ruby book has snail on cover" on 01/09/05, Paul Brannan writes: |I think the snail is a very beautiful creature. I have a sad news (or a VERY good news depending on your taste). I discussed with the O'Reilly editor, and somehow the cover animal for the "Ruby Essentials" is changed from a snail (Eobania vermiculata type of snail) to a kudu. --- Hi Matz, The new animal is a kudu. It is one of the most striking and beautiful of the antelopes, the greater kudu lives in central and southern Africa, in rocky hill country or on brush-covered plains. Farmers in areas inhabited by the kudu must take into account, when building their fences, the animal's ability to easily leap obstacles 2.5 m in height. The male's magnificent spiral horns can reach up to 168 cm in length and are highly prized trophies. Kudus have also been observed in a form of play, tossing broken branches into the air with their horns and catching them as they fall. -- I'm glad. matz.