Talk:Gazelle
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[edit] Top Speed
"Gazelles are known as swift animals; they can reach speeds of up to 100 km/hour" this is obviously incorrect as greyhounds are sited on wikipedia as reaching 45 mph (72 km/h) and are
widely known to be the second fastest land animal (second only to cheetahs who can reach speeds of 110 km/h (70 mph)). Therefore i am removing this reference from the page untill a more acurate speed is found and it's source sited. Diploid 15:31 05 Feb 2005
- However it is quite logical that the only thing faster than a gazelle is the predator that hunts them, cheetahs.
- Shall I quote from encarta?: "Gazelles are fast on their feet and some species have been credited with top speeds of nearly 100 km/h (60 mph)." Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2006. © 1993-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- Whereas encarta mentions nothing of greyhounds being 2nd fastest.
- Therefore you should really add that back in.
- Sorry if quoting encarta constitutes plagarism but there it is, "source sited" (actually its spelled "cited").
- Gotskills22 21:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
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- It is quite appropriate to quote from sources on the Talk page, but maybe better to reword and cite reference in Main articles—GRM 21:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thomson's Gazelle (spelling)
For the record, the animal pictured is the Thomson's gazelle, without a "p" in its name. I made the change in the photo caption. Funnyhat 19:13, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Dik-diks?
What about the species of miniature Gazelles known as the Dik-Dik?
[edit] arabic?
wwhy is this article in category:arabic words?
