Ever heard of a Jackalope?
As in the magical rabbit-thing with antlers?
That's the one.
Yeah, what about it?
Well, if a Jackalope is an antlered rabbit, then what do you think a Katalope is?
Why are you talking to me like I'm a five year old?
I'm not, I'm just trying to add a simple educational aspect to our stories.
Shiera, the kind of 'educational aspect' you're talking about is the same kind that hear from those really cheesy children entertainers or on one of those kids shows that teach 'valuable lessons' about friendship or something.
What would you know about kids shows that teach lessons about friendship?
Well...
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Ah, never mind. Let's talk about Katalopes.
Whatever you say.
A Katalope is a cat-like creature with large antlers. It's face is fairly flat and wide, but it's body is long and slinky.
It closely resembles a small leopard, however, it's fur is brown with blonde spots instead of pale yellow with black spots.
The Katalope species was only discovered around twenty years ago when famous explorer Alfonoso 'The Compass' Pointer was travelling across the Badlands and he fell into a small ditch leading to an underground Katalope den.
Being the endangered species that they are, Katalopes are forced to take drastic actions to stay alive. Including living underground.
They've been placed on the 'SERA' (Super-Endangered-Red-Alert) list. This means that anybody found causing harm to them will instantly receive a sentence of up to fifty years in prison... or banishment to the moon.
Because they are SERA classified, they also obtain a place on the 'honorary Beast list', just to inflate their importance.
Don't you hate it when ponies inflate their own importance. I would never do that. I'm too awesome.
*Facehooves*