# Today's Olympic Google Doodle: What Animal Is That? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 13, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781 "2018-02-13T18:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/1 "2018-02-13T18:33:00Z")
Today’s Google Doodle is a cute little cartoon about a blue animal awaking in a cave, falling down a hill that’s also a luge/bobsled course, and at the bottom he receives a score and a medal. What kind of animal is that? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/2 "2018-02-13T18:57:37Z")
Screenshot? Today’s doodle for me is related to Valentine’s Day. I didn’t see yesterday’s. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/3 "2018-02-13T19:01:37Z")
Sorry. Here: > **[Doodle Snow Games - Day 5](https://www.google.com/doodles/doodle-snow-games-day-5)** > > Day 5 of the Doodle Snow Games! ❄️ #GoogleDoodle ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/4 "2018-02-13T19:03:30Z")
I see now they refer to it as a “Raccoon Dog” in the description, but I’d like to see what other people think it is, regardless of that. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/5 "2018-02-13T19:07:55Z")
Wait, that’s supposed to be a tanuki? Needs moar testicles. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/6 "2018-02-13T19:14:35Z")
My first reaction is an owl/beaver hybrid. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/7 "2018-02-13T20:21:23Z")
[너구리](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon_dog) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/8 "2018-02-13T20:29:11Z")
A beaver tail and a fox face. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/9 "2018-02-13T21:10:49Z")
Badger ? (face markings) ---
**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/10 "2018-02-13T21:13:51Z")
badger ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/11 "2018-02-13T22:01:18Z")
Raccoon. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/12 "2018-02-13T22:06:28Z")
I also thought badger. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/13 "2018-02-13T22:06:45Z")
Badger. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/14 "2018-02-13T22:11:22Z")
I haven’t read the other posts yet, but it looks quite beavery to me. mmm ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/15 "2018-02-13T23:00:18Z")
My thought was the red panda (aka firefox). I thought it looked raccoon like, but the body wasn’t right. And that’s what a red panda looks like. Though, given that it’s not red, a tanuki makes more sense. Raccoon face, different body. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/16 "2018-02-13T23:09:38Z")
[Wikipedia article for the real life tanuki (aka Japanese raccoon dog).](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_raccoon_dog) ---
**Author:** ![Courk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Courk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Courk)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/17 "2018-02-14T00:54:22Z")
Clearly it’s a winner.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/18 "2018-02-14T01:19:42Z")
> [@Courk](#): > > Clearly it’s a winner.😃 +1 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/19 "2018-02-14T01:30:38Z")
I am pretty sure that it a seal that died from using an orange dildo incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781/20 "2018-02-14T01:40:56Z")
I was going for badger, too. Those tanuki are sure darned cute, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781.md?page=2)