It really is not.
DLC 19 Speculation
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I think that matter is inherently going to lead to subjective answers. People value certain species differently by individual, so it's hard to make that any concrete metric
Why not? ;-)
From an American perspective, macaws, toucans, rheas, Andean of the rock, scarlet ibis, roseate spoonbill, Harpy Eagle etc. Puma and peccary are more NA imo, peccary is more so mixed of the two.
Llama, Jaguar and capybara are considered iconic for SA. Primates can go either way, but tapir is a big no. It’s just a pig to a regular visitor(same as peccary)
Pumas are icons of andean / inca culture and the largest predator in Patagonia. They are most deffinetly a South American animal. Is funny because i see them more as a south american animal than a north american one. Peccaries are also common in the north of my country.
I know it’s a regional thing, but I would argue that cougars are more labeled as a NA thing. But, most people are probably clueless they range down there. Peccaries are a mix of both imo, collared for NA and chacoan for SA, white lipped for CA
Maybe in the US. I also know that mountains lions are pretty much of an animal icon up there but for example most documentaries i've seen that feature pumas usually focus on patagonian populations. That doesn't mean anything ofc since most documentaries about jaguars usually are all about pantanal jaguars anyway and they are also widespread across the americas, but my point is that media representation for the animal usually portrays it as patagonian fauna so people would associate with that region as well (and it is pretty much the only patagonian animal in the game
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Yeah I can't remember ever seeing a nature doc that showed a NA cougar except from a couple where they showed the Florida Panther specifically. They pretty much always show the Puma from the Andes region, so it doesn't surprise me that knowledge of its existence in NA isn't widely known.
That and the cougar/puma/panther/mountain lion naming is confusing for a lot of people.
That and the cougar/puma/panther/mountain lion naming is confusing for a lot of people.
I sicerely doubt the average American would be able to identify any of those by name at a glance, and even if they could, I definitely would never believe anyone could consider them more 'iconic' than jaguars, llamas, and monkeys.
By comparison, NZ literally only has famous birds. Kiwi, kakapo, and kea being the three that most people can recognise.
Here in Vermont we call them catamounts. Unofficial reports and many Vermonters swear they are still in range.
Peccaries I’ve always recognized as a both NA and SA animal. Some states call them javelinas.
Forgot caracaras
I would be upset if we get another tapir before a new monkey or bird
Birds make up a big part of whats iconic about south america but mammals and reptiles are just as iconic such as jaguar, dart frogs, anaconda, caiman, capybara and monkeys all of which are easily recognisable as south american and well known. South america does have a lack of megafauna compared to other continents with the largest animals being its camelids or crocodilians but its mammals are still very iconic and important.
Comparatively New zealand doesnt have a single native land mammal bats and seals are the only native mammals. Combine that with a reptile and amphibian population that consists of small lizards, frogs and sea turtles and you have an island that is pretty much only known for its birds since they take/took up a large proportion of the medium to large animal niches.
Comparatively New zealand doesnt have a single native land mammal bats and seals are the only native mammals. Combine that with a reptile and amphibian population that consists of small lizards, frogs and sea turtles and you have an island that is pretty much only known for its birds since they take/took up a large proportion of the medium to large animal niches.
In what world is the caracara a famous bird?
Tbf if we wanna talk about the things the average american can identify, most things outside of america seem to not be their strenght
Ofcourse cherry picked, but not many things are funnier then those vids where americans on the street are asked pretty basic knowledge and just fail
Hey! How stupid do you think us Americans are?! (Remembers what's happening in 9 days) Uh touche, Kiwi man.
It's a sad truth. I've seen multiple social media posts featuring okapis where the comments are either confused or somehow think it's a zebra/giraffe/donkey gene-splice hybrid.
I think I don't quite understand what's so bad about this statistics. The number of follows?
I mean PZ is still on second place.
Would be great if someoen explains this to me
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Maybe that planet coaster 2 is underperforming, is even below PC 1, JWE2 and PZ.I think I don't quite understand what's so bad about this statistics. The number of follows?
I mean PZ is still on second place.
Would be great if someoen explains this to me