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== [[Real Life]] ==
* One of the early projects of ''automobile'', back in the 1800s, included a ''papier-mâché'' wheeled horse with engine inside. The idea was to make it less scary to other horses (and some of the more conservative folks as well). And no, I am not making this up.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130827120659/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657686_1657662,00.html Here's] some proof to back up your claim. Seriously... That particular early automobile ''was actually named and marketed as the'' [[Alliterative Name|"Horsey]] [[Punny Name|Horseless"]] !
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww BigDog] mechanical mule.
* A concept design by Jason Battersby has a real-life version. Called the Nomad, it even gets energy from eating vegetation [https://web.archive.org/web/20110809125700/http://www.flylyf.com/project-nomad-jason-battersby/].
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