Talk:Wildebeest
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I think that a link to the GNU project is NOT completely irrelevant. The only difference between gnu and GNU is the case and there is a reference to this page in the GNU article.
On the other hand, no matter what the subject matter being discussed, one must not be afraid to bring GNU into the mix. Consider, if you will, the link that gnus would probably not be as insanely popular as they are today *without* the GNU project.
gnus aren't insanely popular you silly popular animals are fierce bears and cuddly penguins
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[edit] XXXX Wildebeest
Is the XXXX wildebeest the largest wildebeest?
Yes like the XXXX whale, the XXXX wildebeest is the largest of all wildebeests.
[edit] Taxobox Species List
Currently the species box at the bottom of the taxobox lists the two Connochaetes species and three out of the five sub-species. Personally I think only the two species should be listed. What are your thoughts? -Rooivalk 07:34, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
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- Changed - Rooivalk 02:49, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestion
This article has rather poor formating, the text and pictures should be re-positioned to make the paragraphs more uniform. I dont know how to do this myself, otherwise I would. Harley peters 02:53, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Needing Confirmation
Anybody have a source for the claim that "implausibility of gnu" is the usual collective? This expression only gets eight google-hits: one is this article, and the other seven could well have this article as their source (they are not reliable sources themselves). Rhyolite 00:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Wildebeest stampeding at 65mph? I find this very hard to believe that they run at only 5mph slower than cheetahs. Is there a reference to this? This - http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004737.html site suggests 50mph max, a considerable reduction.
[edit] Pronunciation of Gnu
This article contradicts itself. In the opening sentence, it declares that it is pronounced with a silent G (/nu/). However in the next section, it tells us the Dutch pronounce it [xu:] and the English pronounce it [gnuː] (as in the song). So who, exactly, pronounces it /nu/? Patch86 13:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Not me! Practically anyone I have ever heard say it uses /gnuː/ --Harris Morgan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.104.190.115 (talk) 21:44, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Conservation status
i request that the Conservation status, should be placed here, in fact to any animal for that matter.
Pece Kocovski 10:36, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
