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You're My Favorite,
You Animal, You
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s George Orwell pointed
out in Animal Farm, "All
animals are equal, but some
animals are more equal than others:'
I am not sure that it was equality
that prompted some states to choose
certain animals over oth-
ers as representatives. It
must have something to
do with habitats.
Here is a partial list for
your perusal, just in case
you were wondering.
In California, the state
marine animal is the grey
whale; while in Delaware,
it is the horseshoe crab.
That is the large and small
of that category.
Louisiana has a state
animal and a state dog:
the black bear and the Catashoula
leopard dog. Maryland, not to be out-
done, has a state cat, state dog and
state horse: calico cat, Chesapeake Bay
retriever and the thoroughbred.
Massachusetts has a marine ani-
mal, the right whale, as well as a dog
(Boston terrier), cat (tabby) and horse
(Morgan horse).
Oklahoma, apparently fond of as
many categories as it could come up
with, declared an animal (the buffalo),
a game animal (white-tailed
deer), fur-bearing animal
(raccoon) and flying animal
(Mexican free-tailed bat).
One of our Midwestern
neighbors, Wisconsin, has cho-
sen its state animal to be the
badger. Its state domestic ani-
mal is the dairy cow. The wild
animal is the white-tailed deer.
And for those who have trouble
with the cow as a lap pet,
Wisconsin folks have chosen
as the state dog the American
water spaniel.
For those of you who are concerned
that our lovely feathered friends are
being ignored in the choosing, let me
put your minds to rest. Five states have
the state bird noted as the mocking-
bird: Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida,
Tennessee and Texas. Seven have
chosen the cardinal: Illinois, Indiana,
North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and
West Virginia.
Now, before you say anything
negative about any of the choices
mentioned, can you at least name the
state animal and bird for our state of
Michigan? Hmmm? No, the first is not
the wolverine, though that does reveal
our state nickname.
The state animal is the white-tailed
deer; the bird is the robin; and the state
reptile is the painted turtle. Go forth
and stir up some great conversations
with that knowledge.
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