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* Continental officer Francis Marion was known as the "Swamp Fox" in the American Revolution because he could disappear into the South Carolina swamps like an elusive fox.
* Similarly there was Erwin Rommel, the "Desert Fox" of Germany in [[WW 2]].
**His son said he [[Worthy Opponent|appreciated the compliment]] from people who [[Quintessential British Gentleman|make such a fettish about foxhunting]] but he thought "lion" was more appropriate.
* Some [[Goth]]s have the raven motif
* Scotch-Irish regiments in the [[American Revolution]] used the rattlesnake as a symbol of defiance.
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