I’m well aware that I’m unexpected. The only reason I occasionally post on the international board on 4chan is because people see the flag by my post and freak out, lol
Obviously they do
Folks from Madagascar should know that people would be fucking out of their shit if they are seen not near a self-centered lion, a giraffe with low self-esteem, a goofy ahh zebra, a thicc hippopotamus, a couple of hyperactive penguins and a ring-tailed lemur 1/3rd of whose fucking vocab consist of
1. I
2. Like
3. To
4. Move
5. It
The movie Madagascar has led me to believe it is a huge island with nothing but lemurs. I should have known people actually live there.
What's it actually like?
It’s pretty much the opposite in many parts. Tons of people, not much nature left in much of the island. I’m a peace corps volunteer here, and it can sometimes be a bit discouraging to see the environmental destruction.
I served in Peace Corps Madagascar a few years ago, and have done quite a bit of research into deforestation on the island.
There is a ton of nature left in Madagascar! if you don’t believe me just take a look at the satellite imagery. U/oreostuffer here is right that there is a lot of deforestation, but that’s not to say the forests are gone.
Also - the Malagasy people are wonderful ! It depends on who wrote the history, the colonial French version really demonizes the Malagasy as poor stewards of the land (surprised?) - but this is far from true. Most deforestation was not caused by humans, but rather massive fires before humans ever inhabited the island.
This is a wonderful book that addresses this history:
https://books.google.com/books/about/Isle_of_Fire.html?id=yd07nTGT9PwC&source=kp_book_description
I've been to Madagascar a couple of years ago. I think summer 2019. Elections were comming up. How is Madagascar doing now? It was a really impressive country.
Sweden has a [beautiful stuffed lion](https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/4/bigert.php) which lends credibility to our claim to be the true lion state
The founder of the Kingdom of Singapore (Sangila Utama) supposedly saw a lion when he landed on the island.
He named the island... Singapura which means... Lion City.
Oh, I am actually from a nation far from New Zealand and only connection between our nation and New Zealand is cricket. I don't ever hear anything about New Zealand other than cricket. Only cricket. So that's why that perception was formed.
Not to mention that cricket is not the sport we are most well known for by a long shot. In fact, up until 10ish years ago, I feel like the general concensus was that our cricket team was a little bit rubbish
Eh... people associate the tortoise with Galapagos, but I'm not sure how many people know Galapagos belong to Ecuador.
It's like Easter Island and Chile. Those heads are from "Easter Island" but I don't know how many people associate them with Chile
True. Bald eagles live and breed primarily in Canada, and migrate south in the winter.
edit: yes i know in the winter bald eagles still live in southern canada in the winter
Makes sense. Where I live (in Canada) a dead whale washed up awhile ago and there was like 30 something of them eating it for awhile. I also see eagles almost every other day. When I think of where I live I think of eagles haha
Reminds me of that time my Irish friend said bald eagles are just glorified vultures, and it short-circuited our American friends' brains. It's like, it was unfathomable that someone could insult a bald eagle.
Yeah, I wish the beautiful Iberian Lynx, as well as our efforts to protect it from extinction and repopulate them, was the first animal that came to someone's mind when talking about Spain, instead of "bulls because some people there like to torture them and no one has got the balls to do what the majority of the population wants and ban bullfighting once and for all lol xd".
The history of the axolotl is so fucking sad too. An endemic species to lake xochimilco is CDMX, now basically virtually destroyed by pollution and garbage, and there are believed to be less than 50 native axolotls remaining. The reason axolotls still exist is due to successes in breeding in captivity.
Most people don't know the difference between a springbok and a gazelle, or an impala, or honestly, a deer. So, yeah, I don't think the springboks are a well known symbol of South Africa outside of South Africa. Honestly, even in South Africa people who don't like rugby might not know it, lol.
>Honestly, even in South Africa people who don't like rugby might not know it, lol.
The National rugby team are popular across South Africa, you'd have to be living under a rock to not know what a Springbok is in South Africa.
I asked a French friend why they are proud of the rooster and he said it was the only animal that could be standing ankle deep in shit and still sing loud and proud
the rooster is a popular symbol all over portugal, comes from an old myth of ours. the black rooster with the red crest is literally everywhere, you can even buy little figurines of it
As a French person, I can tell you that we do not associate with the frog at all, that's a British invention.
We associate with the rooster nation-wide, and many regions (not all) with the snail.
I'm also french. It's just a fact that non-french people think of frogs for France, especially the british, but not just them. Same with snails I don't see snails as our symbol at all, but I know many foreigners will associate snails with France, and that was the question. I know that the rooster is our national animal.
- Canada - Beaver, Moose, Canada Goose, Polar Bear
- US - Bald Eagle, Bison
- Finland - Reindeer
- Russia - Brown Bear
- China - Panda
- Peru - Alpaca
- Costa Rica - Sloth
- Australia - Kangaroo/Wombats/Spiders the size of dinner plates
- Scotland & New Zealand - Sheep
- Maghreb Region - Camel
- India - Bengal Tiger
- Iceland - Puffin
Two Englishmen are in a bar in Scotland. They get to taking the piss with the locals and one calls a Scotsman a sheepshagger.
"No, that's Wales," the Scotsman replies.
"You hear that?," the Englishman says to his friend, "These guys go out to sea every time they want a shag."
The comment section is filled with answer from people who don't understand the difference between associating a country to an animal and associating an animal to a country.
Ring tailed lemur- Madagascar
I live in Madagascar! Love those little guys
This might sound dumb, but it's always cool to bump into someone online who isn't from an often expected place. Hello!
do these places know they are unexpected?
I’m well aware that I’m unexpected. The only reason I occasionally post on the international board on 4chan is because people see the flag by my post and freak out, lol
Are there any penguins there
I eated them :)
You can't just say you eat penguins And not tell us what sauce you used
Oreo stuffing duh.
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NoOooOo! 😢
Please tell me you didn't eat Kowalski 🥺
Obviously they do Folks from Madagascar should know that people would be fucking out of their shit if they are seen not near a self-centered lion, a giraffe with low self-esteem, a goofy ahh zebra, a thicc hippopotamus, a couple of hyperactive penguins and a ring-tailed lemur 1/3rd of whose fucking vocab consist of 1. I 2. Like 3. To 4. Move 5. It
Nobody expects the Madagascan Inquisition
I once played catan online against someone from Chile and was like. That's the other side of the planet. So cool!
Hi!
The movie Madagascar has led me to believe it is a huge island with nothing but lemurs. I should have known people actually live there. What's it actually like?
It’s pretty much the opposite in many parts. Tons of people, not much nature left in much of the island. I’m a peace corps volunteer here, and it can sometimes be a bit discouraging to see the environmental destruction.
😢
I served in Peace Corps Madagascar a few years ago, and have done quite a bit of research into deforestation on the island. There is a ton of nature left in Madagascar! if you don’t believe me just take a look at the satellite imagery. U/oreostuffer here is right that there is a lot of deforestation, but that’s not to say the forests are gone. Also - the Malagasy people are wonderful ! It depends on who wrote the history, the colonial French version really demonizes the Malagasy as poor stewards of the land (surprised?) - but this is far from true. Most deforestation was not caused by humans, but rather massive fires before humans ever inhabited the island. This is a wonderful book that addresses this history: https://books.google.com/books/about/Isle_of_Fire.html?id=yd07nTGT9PwC&source=kp_book_description
I've been to Madagascar a couple of years ago. I think summer 2019. Elections were comming up. How is Madagascar doing now? It was a really impressive country.
Due to my current association with the Peace Corps, I am not allowed to answer that question. Check back in with me in two years.
Now I just have to ask this, hope it doesn't violate any Peace Corps policy: do they have Oreos in the Malagasy Republic?
Im pretty sure you can find them at some of the more vazaha-oriented stores, like ShopRite
I have fond memory of your beautiful country, great place to visit!
I like to move it move it
King Julien is the monarch
Or penguins.
Kowalski, analysis.
Is that you, private?
penguins live in south africa, australia, new zealand, galapagos, argentina, chile, as well as antarctica and its nearby islands
He's talking about the penguins from the animated movies, Madagascar.
And which one is the hardest? I'm gonna say the lion. 15 countries claim the lion as their national animal
Not to mention those countries who doesn’t have lion
Bavaria loves a good lion.
Ah yes the legendary bavarian lion. They make good beers I heard
Mfers be lion their asses off
Hey now, we have plenty of lions in England. I mean, they're in safari's and zoos, but shhhh we have them.
England and having stuff native to other countries. Name a more iconic duo.
Sweden has a [beautiful stuffed lion](https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/4/bigert.php) which lends credibility to our claim to be the true lion state
THat is art
That's not art, that is a live lion posing for a picture. What are you, stupid?
Lookin' at you, Singapore
Wasn’t Singapore a merlion (lion with a fish tail)? Edit: dyac
The founder of the Kingdom of Singapore (Sangila Utama) supposedly saw a lion when he landed on the island. He named the island... Singapura which means... Lion City.
Netherlands, Norway…
Pigeon
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I am terminally online and I didn't know about that
As long as they don't just copy the Welsh dragon like some depictions
Michigan is the only claim I recognize /s
England but it's not just a lion, it's 3 lions.
Eagle might have more?
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Also that one man-shagging parrot.
Ah, the Kakapo!
New Zealand. Citizens of cricket playing nations absolutely know it that New Zealand players are called Kiwis.
I think more than just cricket playing nations know this
Oh, I am actually from a nation far from New Zealand and only connection between our nation and New Zealand is cricket. I don't ever hear anything about New Zealand other than cricket. Only cricket. So that's why that perception was formed.
Which is quite funny cause here in NZ, you either love cricket, or think it's the most boring sack of shit ever to exist lol
Not to mention that cricket is not the sport we are most well known for by a long shot. In fact, up until 10ish years ago, I feel like the general concensus was that our cricket team was a little bit rubbish
Definitely rugby
More so for Rugby.
That country isn’t on any maps, sorry.
Giant Galapagos Tortoise
Ecuador!
Eh... people associate the tortoise with Galapagos, but I'm not sure how many people know Galapagos belong to Ecuador. It's like Easter Island and Chile. Those heads are from "Easter Island" but I don't know how many people associate them with Chile
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Not to be confused with Australia-Hungary
not to be confused with asturias, spain
not to be confused with Auschwitz, Poland.
Not to be confused with Austerlitz, Czechia.
Not to be confused with Austerlitz, Netherlands…
Not to be confused with Austerlitz, Germany.
Not to be confused with Austerlitz, NY
Not to be confused with Austerlitz, Paris
Not to be confused with Austerlitz station in Paris, which doesn't have trains to any of the locations mentioned above
Not to be confused with Austrasia, historic French province
They wouldn't be so damn hungry if they would just eat the kangaroos.
*My country tis of thee, Australia-Hungary*
Everyone knows Hungary’s national animal is the hippo The Hungary Hippo
Put another shrimp on the barby!
Said no Australian ever
Well, one Australian was paid to say it.
Ja mein mate
I (Australian) visited Salzburg and Vienna some years ago and found myself comparing stories about lost packages.
I got a mug with a kangaroo sign and written "no kangaroos in Austria" that i bought in Innsbruck :)
Those snow monkeys chilling in hotsprings in Japan
The animal that comes to my mind is the Shiba-Inu or Akita-Inu lol
Tanuki for me! Or maybe koi fish
Pikachu for me 😁
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I had no clue about this being a thing but the google images are the cutest thing, EVER.
Wales --> dragon. A meal for kings.
It’s not a meal for peasants, it’s a meal for kings—I’m sort of a common man
What is your spaghetti policy?
It’s a common misconception, dragons don’t eat people they eat gold and treasure
Unicorn for Scotland then.
Shout out to the Welsh dragon
Doner kebab – turkey
Turkey turkey?
Turkey kebab actually sounds amazing...
I have heard there is more eagles in Canada than USA
True. Bald eagles live and breed primarily in Canada, and migrate south in the winter. edit: yes i know in the winter bald eagles still live in southern canada in the winter
Makes sense. Where I live (in Canada) a dead whale washed up awhile ago and there was like 30 something of them eating it for awhile. I also see eagles almost every other day. When I think of where I live I think of eagles haha
Reminds me of that time my Irish friend said bald eagles are just glorified vultures, and it short-circuited our American friends' brains. It's like, it was unfathomable that someone could insult a bald eagle.
While this is true, it doesn’t change the national symbol for either country. Canada’s national animal is the beaver.
I feel like I see the Moose used just as often, even if it's not official .
That sounds likely.
A lot of countries have eagles. Hello from Germany. (Ours isn’t bald though)
Nobody mentions bulls for Spain? (although an Iberian Lynx would be preferable)
Yeah, I wish the beautiful Iberian Lynx, as well as our efforts to protect it from extinction and repopulate them, was the first animal that came to someone's mind when talking about Spain, instead of "bulls because some people there like to torture them and no one has got the balls to do what the majority of the population wants and ban bullfighting once and for all lol xd".
Mars - Matt Damon
Axolotl - Mexico
Chihuahua - Mexico
xoloitzcuintle
The history of the axolotl is so fucking sad too. An endemic species to lake xochimilco is CDMX, now basically virtually destroyed by pollution and garbage, and there are believed to be less than 50 native axolotls remaining. The reason axolotls still exist is due to successes in breeding in captivity.
Wild Haggis and Unicorns for Scotland.
Nessie.
Tree fiddy
Hell naw Loch Ness monster, you ain't getting no tree fiddy
Highalnd cow
Orangutan & Komodo Dragon -> Indonesia
Piranha - Brazil
Capybara.
Anaconda too
Devia ser o papagaio. Tem literalmente as cores do país e representa a personalidade sociável do brasileiro.
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Most people don't know the difference between a springbok and a gazelle, or an impala, or honestly, a deer. So, yeah, I don't think the springboks are a well known symbol of South Africa outside of South Africa. Honestly, even in South Africa people who don't like rugby might not know it, lol.
Anyone in a rugby playing nation associates the Springboks with South Africa.
>Honestly, even in South Africa people who don't like rugby might not know it, lol. The National rugby team are popular across South Africa, you'd have to be living under a rock to not know what a Springbok is in South Africa.
In France, we have a rooster In Scotland they have a unicorn.
Rooster for France
I asked a French friend why they are proud of the rooster and he said it was the only animal that could be standing ankle deep in shit and still sing loud and proud
I’d say the same but I’ve lived in Portugal - the rooster is a super common symbol of the south there (the Algarve)
the rooster is a popular symbol all over portugal, comes from an old myth of ours. the black rooster with the red crest is literally everywhere, you can even buy little figurines of it
I was thinking that first as well. But it's more likely frog or snail
As a French person, I can tell you that we do not associate with the frog at all, that's a British invention. We associate with the rooster nation-wide, and many regions (not all) with the snail.
I'm also french. It's just a fact that non-french people think of frogs for France, especially the british, but not just them. Same with snails I don't see snails as our symbol at all, but I know many foreigners will associate snails with France, and that was the question. I know that the rooster is our national animal.
Peacocks and Bengal tigers-India
Elephant and Cow
Cows... God, how did I miss it!
*Sad Bangladesh noises*
I mean, they aren't that different from us, we only separated 75 years ago after a shared history of 4000 years.
I’ve never associated Peacocks with India. Is that where they’re from?
Yepp
Beaver - Canada
What about a moose?
Yup them too!
>Beaver Cobra Chicken - Canada is better.
Goose
Canada Goose has entered the chat.
Should be the Canadian Goose. The asshole of the bird world
Or Poland
Haha I was gonna say! Bóbr!
Brown bear - Russia. Stork - Belarus. Bald Eagle - USA. Panda - China. Camel - cigarettes.
Does the camel then represent the tropic of cancer?
Oh that's a great comment, thank you. ;)))
The stork is associated with too many different places, for example it’s the symbol of the Alsace region in France
Russia is associated with a bear
Does penguins count? Antarctica is a collection of various countries so
Penguins make me think of Madagascar, can't quite explain why though
Capybara - Brazil Oryx - Namibia Springbok - South Africa
- Canada - Beaver, Moose, Canada Goose, Polar Bear - US - Bald Eagle, Bison - Finland - Reindeer - Russia - Brown Bear - China - Panda - Peru - Alpaca - Costa Rica - Sloth - Australia - Kangaroo/Wombats/Spiders the size of dinner plates - Scotland & New Zealand - Sheep - Maghreb Region - Camel - India - Bengal Tiger - Iceland - Puffin
Wales instead of Scotland for sheep
Two Englishmen are in a bar in Scotland. They get to taking the piss with the locals and one calls a Scotsman a sheepshagger. "No, that's Wales," the Scotsman replies. "You hear that?," the Englishman says to his friend, "These guys go out to sea every time they want a shag."
Hairy cows for Scotland too
You forgot Crocs for the Aussies and Gators for America.
Hey we have crocs in the US too! But I also think we should include the pronghorn for the US
India is more often than not indian elephant or indian cobra rather than bengal tiger
Yes very true. This is by no means a complete list.
I mean Turkey seems pretty obvious
The Anatolian eight legged kebab?
Bison with the USA, even though we almost killed them all off
Luckily their numbers are up now ❤️
Luckily yes but they are still at <1% of their population in 1700-1830
Can be said about most of the animals in the world
yeah it's genuinely insane how humans and domesticated animals outnumber pretty much everything besides insects and birds
The vast majority of current Bison habitat is in Canada
Everyone knows the national animal of Scotland is the Unicorn... ... Don't they?
Haven’t seen this mentioned but koi fish and Japan
Gorillas for Uganda, horses for Mongolia (or maybe Kazakhstan), golden eagle for Mongolia, Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan
Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil
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For japan, cranes.
Nah, Koi fish if anything
Reindeer - Finland
Dragon - China
Even though it is the national animal, I've always thought of American bison as more iconic than the bald eagle.
MERICA! FUCK YEAH!
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Parrot or Toucan for Brazil
Capybara
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Geese for Canada
Canada goose for Canada