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They say I am a mix of camel and leopard,

but with a very long neck and blunt horns.

My coat is a mosaic

of orange spots apparently stuck with white plaster.

I am the tallest and slenderest of all terrestrial species.

Since ancient times, I have been an easy prey of men,

who have preferred seeing me in zoos or coliseums

to freely running on the African savannahs.

Not even the wildest human imagination

could have conceived me.

I used to strut freely in the sunlight

to feed on the leaves of trees.

But as a precaution now I only go out at night,

and during the day I'd rather hide my head in the ground,

like sage ostriches.