Can’t see CDPR’s office
I’m pretty sure turkey is a bird
A delicious one, no less
Switzerland takes their neutrality very seriously.
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).
We in Finland have 4. Other countries need to step up their game.
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:
There’s one “national animal” and then there’s national horse, insect, fish, bird, butterfly and one that wasn’t on your list, national dog. So that’d be seven. Get on our level, other countries!
How could they leave out this good boy from hte list
True! For all you non-Nordics, that’s a Finnish Spitz and they’re certified good boyes. My personal favorite is the Finnish Lapphund because they’re so incredibly floofy, and it’s an interesting breed because it was originally bred by the Sámi for herding reindeer:
Scotland and Wales you alright?
The rules didn’t specify that the animal was supposed to be real. Fictional animals are still animals, so they should be fine.
Other way around surely.
England picks the most unimaginative, basic-bitch animal possible, so of course Scotland and Wales go in the complete opposite direction.
Lion for England doesn’t seem as unimaginative as say bear for Russia.
I think they’ve just sold it so hard it seems unimaginative
🏴 winning as always 🏴
Ackchyually, Poland’s national animal is a white stork, but this looks more like an egret.
Anyway, great infographic
Romania lynx? Source?
Yeah, it’s always been the lynx, officially. But indeed it’s not a well known fact, nor is it used anywhere really.
You can google “romanian national animal”, all you’ll find is the lynx, everywhere. However, i’m unable to find the origin of it.
Strange. I never heard of it
I think i remember being told about it in sciences class in primary school decades ago… but yeah, it’s not like it’s used in any way anywhere.
Probably Wikipedia but it’s bullshit, it’s based off a couple of random websites that make the claim with no basis. There’s no animal being used as a national symbol in Romania.
The closest thing are the animals that appear on the coat of arms (eagle, bull, lion, dolphin) but the coat of arms is the national symbol not the animals. Otherwise you could say that the moon and walls are also symbols of Romania because they’re also on there.
I thought so too. Maybe it’s the most common wild animal? But I think that would the bear
I wish the color coding matched with the animals
England: oh I’m a lion
Scotland: motherfuck unicorn man
Wales: rawww dragon time
Ireland: umm rabbit?
That’s some real good shit Scotland and whales have been sniffing for centuries now.
whales…
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?”
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.
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.
Greece does make sense with how much of their country is near the coast…
Nice cock France
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.
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.
It’s probably made for Yanks so it needs to be recognizable for them
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?
The eagle being depicted in black doesn’t make it a black eagle. English is a weird language.
Yeah, I wouldn’t be too attached to the specific animal version for each, this is more symbolic than anything else
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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