Double standards


White-tailed eagle: usually found soaring in the archipelago, this great bird of pray once went nearly extinct but has recently even nested in Helsinki. ”Wow.” //
Fox: this adaptable predator has conquered cities all over the world. ”It’s so nice that there’s nature in towns, too!” //
Great horned eagle: a bird of great old woods that has been seen even in the centers of cities in the past few years. ”Let’s name our national football team after this!” //
Barnacle goose: an arctic migratory bird that has nested in the Baltic Sea area since 1970’s and settles in urban areas as well. ”Shit goose!!!”

Note for my non-Finnish readers: the Finnish national football team is called ”Huuhkajat” (”Great horned owls”) after an incident in 2007 when a great horned owl, later named Bubi, interrupted a game between Finland and Belgium for several minutes by flying around the football field and sitting in the goal. Finland then won said match. Other Finnish national sports teams also have been named after animals: the national basketball team is called ”Susijengi” (”Wolf gang”) and, most notably, the Finnish national ice hockey team is called ”Leijonat” (”Lions”) because there’s a lion in the Finnish coat of arms (even though there are no lions in Finnish woods…).

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