National animals
National animals
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I don't want to be too picky, but at least the eagle pictured on Germany is kind of wrong. While it is not specified which species of eagle the "Bundesadler" is, it is most definitely never depicted as a bald eagle (that would be the USA). More usuale would be a Golden eagle or a White-tailed eagle.
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Same for Hungary: the national bird is the Turul, a mythological bird. Presumably it originates from the Saker falcon, so it's not even an eagle.
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Yeah, I wouldn't be too attached to the specific animal version for each, this is more symbolic than anything else
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It's probably made for Yanks so it needs to be recognizable for them
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It's a black eagle on the official Bundestag seal and flag. But Wikipedia says those only live in southeast Asia. What's up with that?
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The eagle being depicted in black doesn't make it a black eagle. English is a weird language.
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If you are interested in the history and background of the Bundesadler, here is an informative video. It's in German and I'm afraid there is no English version
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Nice cock France
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Scotland and Wales you alright?
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Germans simply have an eagle. Not the white head American style one.
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I always find it weird when countries use animals that are not native to their country. Although in Scotland I'm pretty sure that unicorns actually exist somewhere. Or at least, they do if you drink enough.
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The UK using the lion is the funniest shit to me. It just seems like such a sad cope.
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Most of their popular stuff is imported, so it's only consistent that they'd import this as well
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They'll fly it to Rwanda soon enough anyway
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Hi, unicorn here. We do exist!
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According to an ancient folk song, the land of unicorns is near Achnasheen.
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That's some real good shit Scotland and whales have been sniffing for centuries now.
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whales...
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Obligatory joke:
I was in a bar the other night and overheard three very hefty women talking. Their accent appeared to be Scottish, so I approached and asked, "Hello, ladies, are you three lassies from Scotland? One of them angrily screeched, "It's Wales, you bloody idiot, Wales!" So I apologized and replied, "I am so sorry. Are you three whales from Scotland?"
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Classic European lions
... And unicorns??
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Don't forget the dragon!
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Unicorns are notably ferocious animals. Their recent association with little girls has done significant harm to their reputation.
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Back in the days when unicorns were unicorns, and girls were girls.
And unicorns would probably do totally sick shit like carry off little girls and eat their livers.
Simpler times.
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Switzerland takes their neutrality very seriously.
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Knowing pretty much nothing else about Wales, their national animal is undoubtedly the most badass.
Also probs to Greece for having the only animal living in the sea.
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Greece does make sense with how much of their country is near the coast...
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Wikipedia also has a list with more countries and animals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_animals
E.g. Denmark even has 3 national animals listed and not just the swan in the picture: Red squirrel (national mammal), Mute swan (national bird) and Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly).
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We in Finland have 4. Other countries need to step up their game.
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Wait we do? I didn't realize we even had one official animal, let alone 4
Edit: the Finnish Wikipedia claims we have 6 official animals, one of them being ladybugs:
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I'm pretty sure turkey is a bird
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A delicious one, no less
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Team unicorn, represent! I'd swear half the entrance doorways to our historic buildings have the lion and the unicorn carved above, and everyone still seems surprised by the "Scotland's national animal is a what now?" response.
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They should revise it and give it a rainbow horn or manes
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I imagine, the problem is that a unicorn is just a horse with a horn. If it's not puking rainbows, you might not really notice it...
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Ackchyually, Poland's national animal is a white stork, but this looks more like an egret.
Anyway, great infographic
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Lol in hungary we have an imaginary bird called turul and thats our national animal...
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Germany = USA confirmed
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Germany is a country of exports
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🏴 winning as always 🏴
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Unfortunately Italy does not have an official national animal, meaning no animals are enshrined in our constitution or any of our national symbols. However if we had one that would definitely be the wolf.
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I wish the color coding matched with the animals
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So Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia create the household trio of cat, corgi and big dog?
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As far as I know - being from the place - Portugal has no national animal.
The closest is the Galo De Barcelos, which is not really a living animal but a well known clay figurine that any Portuguese would recognized.
No idea were that wolf in that picture came from.
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Just curious what should that under Slovenia be. As far as I am aware we do not have a national animal, but happy to be proven wrong
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Spain has the best: strong AND useful
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What? I always tought Serbia's national animal was the eastern imperial eagle, but apperintly it is only considired "a national bird", while the wolf takes the prize.
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TIL for me too
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So how did you come up with Slovakia's? Or are just a fan of Great Hungary concept?
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The map isn't from me unfortunately, and I couldn't find a source
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Well, nevermind then. I was wondering because I'm not aware of us having any official animal. Nor am I able to find any referrence to it.
if I had to guess I'd say a chamois, it's pretty iconic around here.
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