# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Remember\_me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Remember\_me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Remember_me)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/41 "2013-10-10T06:49:12Z")
A flying Baby-Owl ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/42 "2013-10-10T09:47:44Z")
I never heard that Ireland was supposed to look like an animal, but after staring at the map a few seconds, I realized it looks like a koala hanging on to an invisible tree trunk off the the west. See Colophon’s link above if you’re still not seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/43 "2013-10-10T10:31:34Z")
Roadkill Oh all right - koala. It’s the cute little ears at the top. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/44 "2013-10-10T10:44:02Z")
Koala for me. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/45 "2013-10-10T11:13:48Z")
Now, how about that map of Tassie… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/46 "2013-10-10T12:25:24Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > A puffin. That’s what I get too. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/47 "2013-10-10T15:51:31Z")
My first thought was seahorse, although the head is all wrong. However, after seeing “puffin” mentioned and going back to the link for another look, that’s the answer I’m going with. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/48 "2013-10-10T17:58:06Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Koala for me. I am now wondering if you really are a “true celt”. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/49 "2013-10-10T20:23:22Z")
Yeah. It kinda looks like a koala. Kinda. Vaguely. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/50 "2013-10-10T21:54:57Z")
[Buffalo. Ireland.](http://home.earthlink.net/~ah3files/Stuff/BuffaloIreland.jpg). (Since no visual aid was provided previously. We need to keep up with the koalas). ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/51 "2013-10-11T00:59:30Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > I first saw an elephant (with a slightly deformed trunk) standing on its hind legs. I can kind of see the koala, but I’m not really seeing the cockatoo. Me too!!! So glad someone saw a funky-trunked elephant, because I knew that wasn’t gonna be the “usual” answer or the OP’s and felt kinda dumb. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801/52 "2013-10-11T01:32:10Z")
A penguin chick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-ireland-what-animal-would-you-say-it-resembles/670801.md?page=2)