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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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[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 34 points 6 months ago (4 children)

It's not a weird animal but cats. Stray cats are literally everywhere and aren't afraid of people so many will stop to pet them. And on the other hand, when visiting other countries, the lack of street cats does strike me a bit weird.

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Greece? Turkey?

[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 14 points 6 months ago

Greece but pretty sure it applies for Turkey too

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

Tenerife too

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 months ago

i will pet every cat

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Stray is so mean. I like to call them free cats.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago

Feline Vagabonds

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've seen puppies literally thrown into a bin. Y'all got issues with your pet/animal divides

[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 13 points 6 months ago

I don't know what happens with dogs (there aren't that many strays) but most street cats were never pets, they've always been free. There is an effort to reduce them that's definitely failing.