State Animals

[Muffincat]

Since I've moved, I was curious about the state animals here and whatnot, so I decided to look some up

State Animals

It's kind of interesting how many there can be, and some of them are pretty neat. Is your state's cool or lame? :P

California:

State Animal: California Grizzly Bear
State Insect: California Dogface Butterfly
State Marine Mammal: Gray Whale
State Fish: Golden Trout
State Bird: California Quail
State Marine Fish: Garibaldi
State Reptile: Desert Tortoise

Vermont:

State Animal: Morgan Horse
State Butterfly: Monarch Butterfly
State Bird: Hermit Thrush
State Insect: Honeybee
State Amphibian: Northern Leopard Frog
State Cold Water Fish: Brook Trout
State Reptile: Painted Turtle State Warm Water Fish: Walleye Pike

California's are of course pretty awesome, though Florida was actually the coolest I looked at so far.

[Diligence109]

New York is a beaver
wtf... a beaver?
I'ma go... uuuh... like... smack something with my tail... yeah.
NY fails at being awesome >.<

[Subb]

Connecticut

State Animal: Sperm Whale
State Bird: American Robin
State Shellfish: Oyster
State Insect: European Praying Mantis

[RaiDae]

Animal of scotland - the haggis. It's so cute. It's front legs are shorter than it's back legs for going up hills >.< But it has a really sore bite

Here's a piciature

 

I lied. There is no tartan-clef-haggis.

[Dess]

State Animal: Raccoon
State Insect: Honeybee
State Horse: Tennessee Walking Horse
State Insect: Ladybug
State Bird: Mockingbird
State Insect: Firefly
State Game Bird: Bobwhite Quail
State Butterfly: Zebra Swallowtail
State Reptile: Eastern Box Turtle
State Sport Fish: Smallmouth Bass
State Amphibian: Cave Salamander
State Commercial Fish: Channel Catfish

[Subb]

ohhh i found more.

State Tree: White (Charter) Oak
State Flower: Mountain Laurel
State Ship: USS Nautilus
State Mineral: Garnet
State Song: “Yankee Doodle"
State Heroine: Prudence Crandall
State Hero: Nathan Hale
State Nicknames: Constitution State • Nutmeg State
Famous Connecticuters: Ethan Allan, Nathan Hale (American Revolution), Benedict Arnold (Revolution General & Traitor), P.T. Barnum (circus), Oliver Ellsworth (Chief Justice), Charles Goodyear (originator of vulcanized rubber), Dorothy Hamill (ice skater), Katharine Hepburn (actress), John Mayer (pop artist), Harriet Beecher Stowe (author), Mark Twain (author), Morris Waite (Supreme Court), Noah Webster (lexicographer)

[norid]

woot California! We also have P.O.D, Red Hot Chili Peppers, ummmm probably some good food idk

[LemonRising]

well my PROVINCIAL animal is..

oh Ontario doesn't have one ololol



Our Provincial Bird is the Common Loon.
And our Provincial Flower is the White Trillium.

[Muffincat]

Yes, yes, sorry to you out-of-US-friends :P

I know it's very U.S.-centered, but I still love you guys D:

also, Lemon, I just looked up what a white trillium is, and it is awesome

Also I didn't know that many famous people came from Connecticut :P

[LemonRising]

yeah they're pretty <:

and illegal to pick lol