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National animals (i.redd.it)

submitted 10 months ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably Wikipedia but it's bullshit, it's based off a couple of random websites that make the claim with no basis. There's no animal being used as a national symbol in Romania.

The closest thing are the animals that appear on the coat of arms (eagle, bull, lion, dolphin) but the coat of arms is the national symbol not the animals. Otherwise you could say that the moon and walls are also symbols of Romania because they're also on there.

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I thought so too. Maybe it's the most common wild animal? But I think that would the bear