Talk:Fictional national animals

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Do the Bundesadler and Berliner Bär really count as "fictional animals" in this context? Aren't they just real, symbolic animals? If not, would the loon on the loonie count as a "fictional national animal" of Canada, or the eagle on the

Yes, you're right - I don't think they belong here. I edited them out and replaced them with something more fitting. Sandman 09:51, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I think there's a confusion here between "fictional" and "folkloric"; the wild haggis, jackalope and dropbear are obviously works of fiction, but really, can we say that beings from folklore and ancient and modern legend are fiction, even if they don't exist? Serendipodous 17:26, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This article has long been a redirect to

Actually this should be deleted rather than redirected because the target doesn't discuss whether cryptids are "national" or not. "not mentioned at target" is a reason to delete a redirect. Siuenti (씨유엔티) 03:07, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think the history of this article needs to be retained for copyright purposes because the content was merged there. ~

problem solving 03:10, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply

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