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In your country, what "common" animals are tourists most excited to see? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It has always amused me that the tourists to the US that I’ve spoken to are often very excited to see raccoons, and disappointed if they don’t see them before they leave.

Some others I’ve noticed on the east coast of the US are blue jays and cardinals. Boy, do people get excited about those if they’ve never seen them before! Very pretty birds of course, just very easy to get used to and see as uninteresting as well.

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[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Black squirrels. They aren't very many if any at all in the south and when family/friends come to visit it blows their mind seeing them.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

In DC, the only black squirrels we saw were around the Saudi embassy and we joked about them being robotic spies.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago

When we first moved to Virginia Beach/Hampton Roads, VA, my mom almost wrecked the car when she saw a group of black squirrels. We're not sure why it's so fun to see them, they're just squirrels that are black, but it's always a treat.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Plenty of goth squirrels in parts of the Bay Area, California too.

[–] chikaygo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

In mid to southern Wisconsin it’s your average brown squirrel…but head to the north woods and black squirrels everywhere. I agree with ur family/friends…they’re doubly cute!

[–] Devi@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

I saw them in New York! Brilliant!