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The [[special purpose vehicle]], or [[espievie]]<ref>Known in accounting circles, for some reason, as an [[espiecie]] — rest assured it is the same beast.</ref> is a unique species of [[joint stock company]], first discovered in the wild in the lush forests of [[George Town]], [[Grand Cayman]] by the Scottish naturalist [[A. J. N. Calder]] in 1926. For many years it was believed that the local genus, ''consortium restrictum culpam caymanium'' — the “Common” or “Cayman Exempted” Espievie — was unique, but naturalists found variant species in other islands<ref>[[L. B. G. T. Appleby]] discovering the [[Giant Bermudan espievie]] in Bermuda in 1929, and Herbert Fonesca discovering the [[Panamanian Film espievie]] in 1953.</ref>. Even then it was widely understood to be a species indigenous to the Caribbean, but pioneering Jersey botanist [[Ichabod Mourant]] discovered a live specimen of the [[Oeic]]<ref>a word derived from the Jèrriais for “imaginary legal entity” and pronounced “Oik”</ref> or “[[Oik]]”, an animal long rumoured to inhabit the [[Guernsey]] scrublands, but which had never previously been verified. Subsequent examination revealed the [[Oeic]] to be genetically identical to the Cayman espievie, and debate rages to this day as to how it crossed the nearly 5,000 miles of open Atlantic ocean between its two habitats. | The [[special purpose vehicle]], or [[espievie]]<ref>Known in accounting circles, for some reason, as an [[espiecie]] — rest assured it is the same beast.</ref> is a unique species of [[joint stock company]], first discovered in the wild in the lush forests of [[George Town]], [[Grand Cayman]] by the Scottish naturalist [[A. J. N. Calder]] in 1926. For many years it was believed that the local genus, ''consortium restrictum culpam caymanium'' — the “Common” or “Cayman Exempted” [[Espievie]] — was unique, but naturalists found variant species in other islands<ref>[[L. B. G. T. Appleby]] discovering the [[Giant Bermudan espievie]] in Bermuda in 1929, and Herbert Fonesca discovering the [[Panamanian Film espievie]] in 1953.</ref>. Even then it was widely understood to be a species indigenous to the Caribbean, but pioneering Jersey botanist [[Ichabod Mourant]] discovered a live specimen of the [[Oeic]]<ref>a word derived from the Jèrriais for “imaginary legal entity” and pronounced “Oik”</ref> or “[[Oik]]”, an animal long rumoured to inhabit the [[Guernsey]] scrublands, but which had never previously been verified. Subsequent examination revealed the [[Oeic]] to be genetically identical to the Cayman [[espievie]], and debate rages to this day as to how it crossed the nearly 5,000 miles of open Atlantic ocean between its two habitats. | ||
The [[espievie]] was first successfully bred in captivity | The [[espievie]] was first successfully bred in captivity in a scientific collaboration between [[Calder]] and the brothers [[Maple brothers|Godfrey and Maginot Maple]] in the [[George Town]] zoological menagerie operated by [[George Ugland]], on the site occupied today by [[Ugland House]], which operates an industrial breeding programme for [[espievie]] s of all kinds, ensuring for now the continued survival of this fascinating freak of financial biology. | ||
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Revision as of 19:24, 27 October 2017
The special purpose vehicle, or espievie[1] is a unique species of joint stock company, first discovered in the wild in the lush forests of George Town, Grand Cayman by the Scottish naturalist A. J. N. Calder in 1926. For many years it was believed that the local genus, consortium restrictum culpam caymanium — the “Common” or “Cayman Exempted” Espievie — was unique, but naturalists found variant species in other islands[2]. Even then it was widely understood to be a species indigenous to the Caribbean, but pioneering Jersey botanist Ichabod Mourant discovered a live specimen of the Oeic[3] or “Oik”, an animal long rumoured to inhabit the Guernsey scrublands, but which had never previously been verified. Subsequent examination revealed the Oeic to be genetically identical to the Cayman espievie, and debate rages to this day as to how it crossed the nearly 5,000 miles of open Atlantic ocean between its two habitats.
The espievie was first successfully bred in captivity in a scientific collaboration between Calder and the brothers Godfrey and Maginot Maple in the George Town zoological menagerie operated by George Ugland, on the site occupied today by Ugland House, which operates an industrial breeding programme for espievie s of all kinds, ensuring for now the continued survival of this fascinating freak of financial biology.
See also
Important disclaimer: The author has never been to the Cayman Islands, and he’s hardly going to get an invitation now. There is, therefore, much fantastical speculation in this article and you should assume it is, at the very least, mostly false.
References
- ↑ Known in accounting circles, for some reason, as an espiecie — rest assured it is the same beast.
- ↑ L. B. G. T. Appleby discovering the Giant Bermudan espievie in Bermuda in 1929, and Herbert Fonesca discovering the Panamanian Film espievie in 1953.
- ↑ a word derived from the Jèrriais for “imaginary legal entity” and pronounced “Oik”