Our state bird is a jerk

[Nixon]

Mockingbirds are jerk birds.

Some other awesome entries:

state slogan: "Don't Mess With Texas"

state snack: tortilla chips and salsa

state reptile: Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly called the "horny toad" AWWWWWWWW YEAH

state dish: chili con carne

state dinosaur(!!!): Brachiosaur Sauropod, Pleurocoelus

state cooking implement: Dutch oven (tee hee)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._state_symbols

What are some of the crazy state/province/country/nation symbols for your area or birthplace?

[highwind]

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all of those things are pretty awesome....

[American Hero]

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State bird is a Cardinal.

State Flower is Goldenrod.

American's National bird was almost a crow and not an eagle.

[Adrian Foley]

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State muffin: Blueberry

State fruit: Honeycrisp apple (Created at the University of Minnesota)


Yeah, we're boring.

[Vanilla Iced Tea]

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Our state bird is a cockfighting Blue Hen. He's pretty sweet.

[Caciss]

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Our state motto is: Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice

talk about gay.

[Sejon]

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Why isn't Tex-ass' state bird a roadrunner??

Our national bird is the keel-billed toucan:



And our national animal is the tapir:

[1ce]

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Our state animal is the marmot. With how often you see it in commercials and in the paper, you'd think it was the frickin' mascot of Spokane or something.

[Big Rick Cook]

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http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/stinfo.html

There's a peace pipe on Oklahoma's state flag. That's pretty win.

State flower is mistletoe. Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it. But a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it.

The rest are boring.

[Funk]

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This is our state bird:

[Perversion]

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And our national animal is the tapir:

I've always been a fan of the tapir.



Also, @ American Hero above: The wild turkey was almost the national bird, not the crow.

[Marc M.]

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Our national bird is the keel-billed toucan...
And our national animal is the tapir...

Wait: the National Bird failed to grab the National Animal spot as well?!
Talk about a downer~

[Sejon]

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I guess we really wanted to throw the tapir in somewhere.

[Jamos]

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State muffin: Blueberry

Yeah, we're boring.

Nothing boring about a blueberry muffin, woman.

[Goufunaki]

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# Beverage: Wine
# Bird: California Quail (Callipepla californica)
# Colors: Blue, which represents the sky and Gold, which represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the state's hills.
# Dance: West Coast Swing
# Fife and drum corps: California Consolidated Drum Band
# Fish: Golden trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita) (fresh water), Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) (salt water)
# Flags:

* Flag of California (since 1911)
* Flag of the California Republic (1846)

# Flower: California poppy (Eschsholzia californica)
# Folk dance: Square Dance
# Fossil: Saber-toothed cat (Smilodon californicus)
# Gemstone: Benitoite
# Gold Rush Ghost Town: Bodie
# Grass: Purple Needlegrass (Nassella pulchra)
# Historical Society: California Historical Society
# Insect: California dogface butterfly (Colias eurydice)
# License plate: "White with "California" in a red script across the top."
# Mammal: Grizzly bear (Ursus californicus)
# Marine mammal: Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
# Military Museum: California State Military Museum
# Mineral: Gold
# Motto: Eureka
# Nicknames: Golden State (official), El Dorado State, Golden West, Grape State, Land of Milk and Honey, Land of Fruits and Nuts (derisive), Entertainment State, Land of the Fires, Movie State
# Poet Laureate: Carol Muske-Dukes
# Prehistoric artifact: Chipped stone bear
# Reptile: Desert tortoise (gopherus agassizi)
# Rock: Serpentine
# Seal: The Seal of California: "The seal features Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom; a California grizzly bear (the official state animal) feeding on grape vines, representing California wine production; a sheaf of grain, representing agriculture; a miner, representing the California Gold Rush and the mining industry; sailing ships, representing the state's economic power; and San Francisco Bay or the Sacramento River. The phrase "Eureka," meaning "I have found it!" is the California state motto."
# Silver Rush Ghost Town: Calico
# Slogan: Find Yourself Here
# Soil: San Joaquin
# Song: I Love You, California
# Tall ship: Californian (schooner)
# Tartan: California State Tartan
# Theater: Pasadena Playhouse
# Tree: Sequoia (California redwood): Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia), Sequoia sempervirens (Coast Redwood)