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** Not to mention that these two animals are popular barbecue options that can be purchased at supermarkets & butcher shops. Yes, friends. Australia may be the only country in the world that regularly devours BOTH its national symbols. |
** Not to mention that these two animals are popular barbecue options that can be purchased at supermarkets & butcher shops. Yes, friends. Australia may be the only country in the world that regularly devours BOTH its national symbols. |
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*** See France, above - they do still eat chicken in France. Others that are willing (even if it's not frequently on the menu) include pretty much every country that has a variety of deer as a symbolic animal (including Norway), Spain (who uses the bull), and several countries that have the camel as their symbol (at least among those for whom it isn't a taboo to eat them). |
*** See France, above - they do still eat chicken in France. Others that are willing (even if it's not frequently on the menu) include pretty much every country that has a variety of deer as a symbolic animal (including Norway), Spain (who uses the bull), and several countries that have the camel as their symbol (at least among those for whom it isn't a taboo to eat them). |
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***While I have never heard of any American eating Bald Eagle, rattlesnake can be gotten on line. |
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* The late great Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was ubiquitously dubbed the "Liberal Lion" of the Senate. |
* The late great Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was ubiquitously dubbed the "Liberal Lion" of the Senate. |
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* Vladimir Putin's recent <s>PR propaganda</s> news coverage has increasingly linked him with tigers. First he saved a camera crew from an angry tiger and then there was some talk about him getting one as a pet or something. [[Right-Hand-Cat]] indeed. |
* Vladimir Putin's recent <s>PR propaganda</s> news coverage has increasingly linked him with tigers. First he saved a camera crew from an angry tiger and then there was some talk about him getting one as a pet or something. [[Right-Hand-Cat]] indeed. |
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* Similarly there was Erwin Rommel, the "Desert Fox" of Germany in [[WW 2]]. |
* Similarly there was Erwin Rommel, the "Desert Fox" of Germany in [[WW 2]]. |
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* Some [[Goth]]s have the raven motif |
* Some [[Goth]]s have the raven motif |
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* Scotch-Irish regiments in the [[American Revolution]] used the rattlesnake as a symbol of defiance. |
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