NationStates Jolt Archive


Poll : What's YOUR National Animal, and why did ye pick it?

Vexintania
23-05-2004, 18:19
Whoo.
A Nirvana
23-05-2004, 22:32
The Mocking Bird

All it does is sing songs all day, it does no harm to anyone or anything, and to kill it is a sin. It represents the Nation's Spirituality, and is the symbol for our nation's beliefs.
Fryingpans
23-05-2004, 22:39
woodticks rule! :evil:
New Cyprus
23-05-2004, 22:41
My national animal is the Cypranian Rabbit. I named it that because I like Rabbits. And I've already used Cyprussian for my currency, the Cyprussian Euro.
Sirocco
23-05-2004, 22:59
The flightless hippo. Becuase I thought it sounded funny. My other possible choices were the lesser-spotted zebra and the neverending octopus.
Radical Atheists
23-05-2004, 23:34
The missing link because creationists always point to a lack of one. It is particularly funny that in my country it says "the missing link is teetering on the brink of extinction" because of deforestation. LOL.
24-05-2004, 02:14
Our nation's animal is the gay man. They like to frolick in the forests, especially the bushes.
Sarzonia
24-05-2004, 02:16
A tiger.

I picked it because I wanted an animal that projected power and intimidation.
Big Red Land
24-05-2004, 02:21
The Fiddly-foodle-bim-bam-boodle-diddly-doodle-oodle bird.

That doesn't all fit in the box when you create your country so I'm glad to have a forum to let everyone know about it.
Lord-General Drache
24-05-2004, 02:24
The Dragon. It's big, eats most anything, looks beautiful.
IIRRAAQQII
24-05-2004, 02:26
The camel. We picked it because it is great for transportation, doesn't pollute the environment and they are just a great animal to be around in our country.
Hatake Kakashi
24-05-2004, 02:26
Sensei-Masashi Kishimoto's plant that he keeps on his desk(see pg 148 of volume #1 of the Naruto graphic novel)
Super American VX Man
24-05-2004, 02:26
The Green Monkey is one of the results of the mutation of animals due to radiation poisoning in the wastes of SAVX. It has flourished.
24-05-2004, 02:27
the naked mole rat....cuz dude, hes got his own rap? I dunno, just cuz....
Qaaolchoura
24-05-2004, 05:16
"gwajhzand conure-hawk" I made it up. I like parrots, pariticualry conures, and day raptors, hence "conure-hawk", and stuck a readom word in front of it.

That was after I'd gotten my first couple thousand nations deleted for offensive animals. I decided to go with something that couldn't possibl be offensive.
If you can read this, please tell me that you weren't quoting me becase you fell for that :p
Whelpland
24-05-2004, 05:19
If you can read this, please tell me that you weren't quoting me becase you fell for that :p

The Marmot.



Big Lebowski.
Dardanarell
24-05-2004, 05:21
The leercat. It's like a meercat, but it leers at you creepily.
Culfindel
24-05-2004, 05:23
The Giant Squid.

I love hearing about the giant squids frolicking in the forest. :lol:
Pheonix 1
24-05-2004, 05:27
...the pheonix...kuz its ass-kicking and never dies and can shoot fire! whats kooler than that!

~Prongs
Zwange
24-05-2004, 05:36
The Radioactive monkey-chosen because it can kill a man who gets within 20 feet & because i watch alot of the simpsons

Former animal,Hungry hungry hippos,which eat all,which led to there downfall when they took a bite out of the radioactive monkeys
The Middle Leg
24-05-2004, 06:00
The Macerena

It divides the nation as something they either love or hate
Carlemnaria
24-05-2004, 10:04
ailurus fulgens has the dentition and digestion of a carnivour yet is for all practical purposes a vegitarian by choice. ironic for a supposedly subsentien is it not? the term panda means eater of bamboo, or more specificly bamboo leaves, and the aluring refulgence is the glorious fur of these innofensive creatures, many of whome were once kept as pets in their native land. they are also called the wa, or in my own mind, the wise ones. though they are today endangered. but then aren't we all?
they symbolise, for us both an aesthetic and a dream. a hoped for mellowness. the stimulation of challanges that are not rooted in conflict.
endangered they may be, but against increadible odds they like us, have survived.
and done so while like truely enlightened spirits, endevouring to avoid causing harm.
there is no loftier moral high ground then this.

=^^=
.../\...
Catholic Europe
24-05-2004, 15:11
The tiger and I picked it because I've always wanted a pet tiger for some reason.
Angelicpeople
24-05-2004, 15:44
I don't know why I pick the Blue Jay, I just like them.
Qaaolchoura
25-05-2004, 04:15
The tiger and I picked it because I've always wanted a pet tiger for some reason.
No you don't.

Pet tigers are legal in parts of the US for some reason, and owners and neighbors are always getting mauled by them.
Catholic Europe
25-05-2004, 11:09
Pet tigers are legal in parts of the US for some reason, and owners and neighbors are always getting mauled by them.

But I don't live in the US so it doesn't matter.
The Atheists Reality
25-05-2004, 11:27
Pet tigers are legal in parts of the US for some reason, and owners and neighbors are always getting mauled by them.

But I don't live in the US so it doesn't matter.

ligers>tigers>lions
Snoro
25-05-2004, 11:42
The tiger and I picked it because I've always wanted a pet tiger for some reason.
I picked the three legged tiger because I want one o them. How many of you can say you've eaten a three legged tiger? Or even seen one?
Catholic Europe
25-05-2004, 12:45
ligers>tigers>lions

You are very weird sometimes.
Cabinia
25-05-2004, 19:34
The lemming. They group together and rush headlong over a cliff, never even thinking that it might be a bad idea. A better metaphor for government and society, I've never seen.
Dictatorial dyansty
26-05-2004, 13:43
humans...my country only have humans nothing else.. sadly there on their brink of extinction due to over desforestation.
Catholic Europe
26-05-2004, 16:02
humans...my country only have humans nothing else.. sadly there on their brink of extinction due to over desforestation.

We can give you some if you want as we have plenty! :D
Trixia
26-05-2004, 16:04
Penguin

Its so damn cool!! :wink:
Zorkana
26-05-2004, 16:08
I guess if you want to know it is the Fart.... If you have to ask why, you dont deserve to know 8)
Free Outer Eugenia
27-05-2004, 07:32
The Punkass Dove represents the Free Outer Eugenian temperment. Peaceful, tolerant, cooperative, friendly and generally very social. Untill you try to chain us into wage slavery or impose a statist tyranny on us. That's when we start lobbing malatovs at you.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/free_outer_eugenia.jpg
Catholic Europe
27-05-2004, 09:29
I guess if you want to know it is the Fart.... If you have to ask why, you dont deserve to know 8)

Are you a smelly nation?
Komokom
27-05-2004, 10:58
Th snail, because :

A ) Who does not love to see a snail as something that can frolic or be a national dish ?

B ) Like me, it is such a sexy beast. :D

Me need coffee ... :roll:

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Riversland
27-05-2004, 11:00
The unicorn
Gigglealia
27-05-2004, 12:15
The Meerkat. Just because I like Meerkats.
Micketania
27-05-2004, 19:52
Micketania has the Labrador Retriever, a reliable, friendly, and strong animal--good symbol for a healthy democracy.

New Avignon has the Fawning Sycophant, just what a corrupt antipope
wants to have around.
Kull Wahad
28-05-2004, 09:37
The Raven due to its supreame coolness in Native American folklore.
Gierach
29-05-2004, 06:20
An animal I partially created called the Communist Beaver, because my country is Communist, and formed from what was once Canada. Canada's national animal was the beaver.
Hatake Kakashi
09-06-2004, 23:54
ligers>tigers>lions

You are very weird sometimes.
Not if you've seen "Napoleon Dynomite" (http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/napoleon_dynamite.html)
Nianacio
10-06-2004, 03:39
I forget why I chose the tiger (it may have had to do with heraldry), but it is now an integral part of Nianaciana culture.
Tiger > Llama > Catfish > *
Callisdrun
10-06-2004, 09:02
The Callisdrunian Wolf. Basically a very large, super-smart arctic wolf. I've always been fascinated by wolves, and it seemed a logical choice for a brutally cold, northern, pagan land.
Demonic Furbies
10-06-2004, 09:07
demonic furbies for obvious reasons.
Blocko Land
10-06-2004, 18:18
The Soupdragon.
Because you can't have Clangers without any Soupdragons.
Silly Mountain Walks
10-06-2004, 18:22
The Flying Yeti,
Cuz he is the immortal of the Himalaya sky. (also the nations favorite course)
Brimenia
10-06-2004, 18:24
The bee, because it is community spirited and hardworking. It is also inherently peaceful. It will attack if proviked, but that retaliation will spell its doom. Just about sums up Brimenia :D
Emberlificate
10-06-2004, 20:02
The Sciapod. Considered one of the rarest entities on the planet, it is a cultural universal which shows up in various mythologies as a one-legged giant which can traverse the sea by hopping on one foot and, when it is too sunny, can bask in the shade of Yggdrasil by holding its huge single foot (scia = one, pod = foot) over its mighty head while smoking a pipe.

Sciapod > (insert your animal here)
NiSora II
10-06-2004, 23:54
The Inferno. Because it's beautiful, wild, free, and I like Dante's Inferno.
Besides if anyone sneaks into the country looking to take over they'll be toasted rather badly before they can do anything.
NiSora II
10-06-2004, 23:54
The Inferno. Because it's beautiful, wild, free, and I like Dante's Inferno.
Besides if anyone sneaks into the country looking to take over they'll be toasted rather badly before they can do anything.
Leetonia
11-06-2004, 00:01
The cabbit. One its an anime reference, two, its almost too cute to be allowed, three, it doubles as or navy/airforce, four, the adult humanoid forms are almost disturbingly sexy.
Pardflingo
11-06-2004, 00:08
The extraterrestrial. It's funny with the issues and stuff.

The extraterrestrial frolicks in the nations lush forests.

When extraterrestrials attack! (they want to shoot them)

Extrarrestrials on the dinner table?
Mauiwowee
11-06-2004, 05:09
The Ferret - talk about a really cool animal. eats mice and will live in the crawl space, can be housebroken or learn to poop in a litter box. loves you like a dog will and is just all around intelligent. The best of a cross between dogs and cats with the coolness of originality and fun. (ever watch a ferret play with a tennis ball? You've led a deprived life if not).
The Holy Saints
11-06-2004, 05:21
The white wolf - Eh, why not. Snow is fun, and they can compete with the polar bears :P
Pallia
11-06-2004, 05:23
The Owl is favored animal of our patron, the goddess Athena. So, of course, it is our national animal.
The Midget Isles
11-06-2004, 05:30
The carnivorous beaver. But if you don't know why, I'm certainly not going to tell you.
Gomblashia
11-06-2004, 11:22
The Llama is and always will be the greatest animal ( I mean, what other animal has 3 lips?)