"Jangchub" wrote
I still can't find where I read that about the giraffe, but this is
> how it got its name:
>
> The scientific name 'camelopardalis' originated from an early explorer
> who thought that the giraffe resembled a cross between a camel and a > leopard. >
There are weird engravings of cameleopards, made to look like the name rather than like the actual beast. Dawne