title: Python class information from variable
body: <p>In the following code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class species:
      def __init__(self, continent):
          self.continent=continent
  
  giraffe = species("africa")
  
  animal = "giraffe"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>EDIT: animal is a string</p>
  
  <p>can i retrieve "africa" from var "animal"?</p>