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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.

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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.

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Yeah, I wouldn’t be too attached to the specific animal version for each, this is more symbolic than anything else

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It’s probably made for Yanks so it needs to be recognizable for them

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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?

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The eagle being depicted in black doesn’t make it a black eagle. English is a weird language.

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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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41 points

Nice cock France

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Scotland and Wales you alright?

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Other way around surely.

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England picks the most unimaginative, basic-bitch animal possible, so of course Scotland and Wales go in the complete opposite direction.

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Lion for England doesn’t seem as unimaginative as say bear for Russia.

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The rules didn’t specify that the animal was supposed to be real. Fictional animals are still animals, so they should be fine.

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Germans simply have an eagle. Not the white head American style one.

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I always find it weird when countries use animals that are not native to their country. Although in Scotland I’m pretty sure that unicorns actually exist somewhere. Or at least, they do if you drink enough.

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The UK using the lion is the funniest shit to me. It just seems like such a sad cope.

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Most of their popular stuff is imported, so it’s only consistent that they’d import this as well

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They’ll fly it to Rwanda soon enough anyway

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According to an ancient folk song, the land of unicorns is near Achnasheen.

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Hi, unicorn here. We do exist!

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