You shouldn't be allowed to pick an animal outside your hemisphere for a national symbol.
this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2023
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Look man the Scottish have a unicorn and the Welsh have a dragon. Clearly the UK doesn't agree with that rule
Imaginary creatures are fine and actually cooler. Just don't pick a lion if there's no lions on your island
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and a premptive 'fuck you' to anyone who points at a zoo
Does the Tower of London count as a zoo? It technically wasn't.
They kept Barbary Lions (and a bunch of other exotic animals) in the Tower of London and it's how it ended up as the symbol of England, practice started in the 1200s.
oh fuck the ankh-morpork hippos were real
lmao yes
nervous American googles if bald eagle is indigenous
"Whew. I think we're safe, boys."
your whole country isn't indigenous
Benjamin Franklin wanted to go with the turkey because he thought eagles were assholes
He ain't wrong. But dude should've gone with ravens because those madlads are bigger assholes than eagles and will bully them for the lols.
Turkey was and still is much more important for the country. French have chicken and no fucks given about it, so that wouldn't be even that strange.
Counterpoint: lions are cool
Not accurate. The Brit has to have his lips pressed against the shoe with a little tongue added in.
maybe they made the comic before the Suez crisis
