# Map of Ireland - what animal would you say it resembles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801 "2013-10-09T19:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/21 "2013-10-09T21:49:33Z")
It reminds me of [Daphnia](http://micro.sci-toys.com/Daphnia.jpg) (water flea). ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/22 "2013-10-09T21:51:48Z")
Without reading any other posts: a buffalo ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/23 "2013-10-09T21:54:34Z")
I see a giraffe looking to the left ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/24 "2013-10-09T22:00:50Z")
A [Kea](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea). ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/25 "2013-10-09T22:13:25Z")
A cuttlefish, perhaps. Second thought goes to **Sudden Kestrel** ’s suggestion of a puffin, though it may be easier to see if you squint like Popeye and turn your head like Linda Blair. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/26 "2013-10-09T22:37:58Z")
I didn’t have to worry about being influenced by other posters’ opinions because I grew up with a map of Ireland on the wall in my house at all times and from a very young age I _always_ thought it looked like . . . A _GHOST_! . . . in traditional “cartoon ghost” form [kinda like this guy if he were headed the other direction and didn’t have his leading arm outstretched.](http://www.coloring-pages-and-more.com/images/GHOST.gif) Lough Neagh and Strangford Lough are the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/27 "2013-10-09T22:41:07Z")
Not read any other posts - seahorse. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/28 "2013-10-09T22:59:07Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > It took me a minute to see anything, but then (without looking at any other replies) I recognized a [cockatoo](http://carolinabirds.org/Daniels/SouthAfrica/BrdsOfEden/Cockatoo,%20Sulpher-crested1.jpg). Another vote for cockatoo. Northern Ireland is the Beak. Donegal is the crest, Connemara is the wings, Dingle and Galway are the tail, Wexford is the claws. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/29 "2013-10-09T23:37:04Z")
A small, fat, fluffy bird, facing right. I can also see a bison, but have to really squint to see a koala. Seahorse escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/30 "2013-10-09T23:46:28Z")
I never thought it looked like any animal. Without reading anyone else’s responses, and after studying the map for a minute, I conclude that it looks like a koala. ETA: I see I’m not alone! ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/31 "2013-10-10T01:41:05Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > A cuttlefish, perhaps. > > Second thought goes to **Sudden Kestrel** ’s suggestion of a puffin, though it may be easier to see if you squint like Popeye and turn your head like Linda Blair. You mean the rest of you weren’t doing that already? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/32 "2013-10-10T01:52:30Z")
A really obese parrot. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/33 "2013-10-10T01:59:43Z")
not reading the thread first. It’s either a fetus or an ugly sea horse. ETA: damn, we all have a bunch of opinions on this. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/34 "2013-10-10T02:20:07Z")
A happy koala mom, nursing her baby. ---
**Author:** ![Wash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@Wash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wash)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/35 "2013-10-10T02:27:43Z")
I’ve always seen it as a koala, something like [this](http://www.docstoc.com/docs/31884000/Australian-Koala-Foundation-KOALAS-IN-IRELAND-TO-BE-SURE-TO-BE-SURE). ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/36 "2013-10-10T02:53:48Z")
None really, although I suppose it looks very vaguely like a panda if you squint. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/37 "2013-10-10T02:57:21Z")
Ireland has been said to look like a teddy bear … which shows its “arse” to England, naturally. :o ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/38 "2013-10-10T03:01:19Z")
I see a parrot. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/39 "2013-10-10T04:25:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A really obese parrot. I see it as a flying pig. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/40 "2013-10-10T05:28:48Z")
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