I have just learned through a google search that the national animal of the UK is a lion. I will not repeat the joke that made me giggle for five minutes.
How can it be a lion if they hadn’t existed in Britain specifically for tens of thousands of years before Britain was a thing. Which Englishman decided the lion would be it? A medieval king?
The UK doesn’t have a national animal, but each of the constituent countries do. A lion, dragon, unicorn and elk for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively.
Northern Ireland is, and I did not feel the need to specify which part since the republic of Ireland is not a part of the UK, I felt it would be obvious which bit I was talking about.
i encourage you to choose your words more carefully. also, so-called northern Ireland isn’t a real country and “the occupied north of Ireland” is more appropriate.
I have just learned through a google search that the national animal of the UK is a lion. I will not repeat the joke that made me giggle for five minutes.
How can it be a lion if they hadn’t existed in Britain specifically for tens of thousands of years before Britain was a thing. Which Englishman decided the lion would be it? A medieval king?
I mean, Scotland’s is a unicorn and Wales’ is a dragon so…
A unicorn? You’d think the scots would have something different
Traditionally, unicorns were aggressive and murderous wild animals
I would assume so
The UK doesn’t have a national animal, but each of the constituent countries do. A lion, dragon, unicorn and elk for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively.
I see, thank you for the correction
Ireland is not a part of the UK…
Northern Ireland is, and I did not feel the need to specify which part since the republic of Ireland is not a part of the UK, I felt it would be obvious which bit I was talking about.
i encourage you to choose your words more carefully. also, so-called northern Ireland isn’t a real country and “the occupied north of Ireland” is more appropriate.