From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2001-09-11T21:25:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21111] Re: now animal on oreilly book - no snail anymore

In article <pan.2001.09.10.10.10.58.990.1018@gmx-ag.de>,
Markus Jais <mjais@gmx-ag.de> wrote:
>hi,
>I am not sure if you already know.
>oreilly changed the animal on the
>oreilly book.
>
>http://www.ora.com/catalog/ruby/

It looks really cool running on the cover.

>
>I do not know exactly what it is. 
>it seems to be some kind of antelope
>or wild goat.
>I only know much about birds but not of mammals
>maybe somebody knows what it is.
>

It's a kudu - a type of wild antelope from Africa - there is another 
thread where Matz posted a reply from O'Reilly about this.

Phil