- Ardor von Heersburg ( @ardorhb@discuss.tchncs.de ) English60•9 months ago
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.
Yeah, I wouldn’t be too attached to the specific animal version for each, this is more symbolic than anything else
- Kusimulkku ( @Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ) English8•9 months ago
It’s probably made for Yanks so it needs to be recognizable for them
- Deconceptualist ( @Deconceptualist@lemm.ee ) English5•9 months ago
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?
- Successful_Try543 ( @Successful_Try543@feddit.de ) English16•9 months ago
The eagle being depicted in black doesn’t make it a black eagle. English is a weird language.
- lugal ( @lugal@feddit.de ) English2•9 months ago
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
- rurudotorg ( @rurudotorg@feddit.de ) English36•9 months ago
Germans simply have an eagle. Not the white head American style one.
- Denvil ( @Denvil@lemmy.one ) English32•9 months ago
Nice cock France
- ThenThreeMore ( @andthenthreemore@startrek.website ) English29•9 months ago
England: oh I’m a lion
Scotland: motherfuck unicorn man
Wales: rawww dragon time
Ireland: umm rabbit?
- voodoocode ( @voodoocode@feddit.de ) English27•9 months ago
Scotland and Wales you alright?
- Deceptichum ( @Deceptichum@kbin.social ) 8•9 months ago
Other way around surely.
- Hamartiogonic ( @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ) English3•9 months ago
The rules didn’t specify that the animal was supposed to be real. Fictional animals are still animals, so they should be fine.
- mtchristo ( @mtchristo@lemm.ee ) English17•9 months ago
That’s some real good shit Scotland and whales have been sniffing for centuries now.
- Kissaki ( @Kissaki@feddit.de ) English16•9 months ago
Classic European lions
… And unicorns??
- sab ( @sab@kbin.social ) 9•9 months ago
Don’t forget the dragon!
- survivalmachine ( @survivalmachine@beehaw.org ) English15•9 months ago
Switzerland takes their neutrality very seriously.
- tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 ( @tryptaminev@feddit.de ) English12•9 months ago
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.
- Ephera ( @Ephera@lemmy.ml ) English1•9 months ago
Greece does make sense with how much of their country is near the coast…
- Chup ( @Chup@feddit.de ) English12•9 months ago
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).
- Kusimulkku ( @Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ) English4•9 months ago
We in Finland have 4. Other countries need to step up their game.
- interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) English7•9 months ago
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:
- Kusimulkku ( @Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ) English4•9 months ago
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
- interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) English5•9 months ago
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:
- addie ( @addie@feddit.uk ) English11•9 months ago
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.
- addie ( @addie@feddit.uk ) English11•9 months ago
- Unrelated ( @Unrelated@feddit.nl ) English2•9 months ago
They should revise it and give it a rainbow horn or manes
- Ephera ( @Ephera@lemmy.ml ) English2•9 months ago
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…
- ChaoticNeutralCzech ( @ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de ) English10•9 months ago
I’m pretty sure turkey is a bird
- I Cast Fist ( @ICastFist@programming.dev ) English5•9 months ago
A delicious one, no less
- AItoothbrush ( @AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ) English7•9 months ago
Lol in hungary we have an imaginary bird called turul and thats our national animal…
- Anamana ( @Anamana@feddit.de ) English7•9 months ago
Germany = USA confirmed
- Kissaki ( @Kissaki@feddit.de ) English5•9 months ago
Germany is a country of exports
- Lojcs ( @Lojcs@lemm.ee ) English5•9 months ago
I wish the color coding matched with the animals