general

I think those 3 represent the extremes of the possible snow

Fire, are you gonna get any snow on your side of the Atlantic ocean?

They are saying 6 inches rn

we already got our snow at the start of the month, it's not coming back

most we've had in years

it was awful, glad it's gone now

I saw a headline saying ontario is going to be the coldest place on earth this week (I assume northern ontario)

hell yeah

AURA

do any other nations have a national animal that's even half as cool as a bald eagle?

spooky can you tell me why the bald eagle is the national animal

i would ask grok but im almost sure you would know

George Washington liked them

and there was a big nest on Mt. Vernon

idk if there's a more official reason than that

Franklin and some of the other Founding Fathers wanted the Turkey

The bald eagle was chosen as the national symbol of the United States in 1782 when it was adopted as the centerpiece of the Great Seal of the United States. It was selected for its majestic appearance, strength, long life, and status as a bird native exclusively to North America, symbolizing the nation's unique identity and independence. Historical symbolism played a key role—Founding Fathers drew inspiration from the Roman Republic, where the eagle represented power and authority. The bald eagle on the Great Seal holds an olive branch (for peace) and arrows (for war), facing the olive branch to signify a preference for peace. Although it had long been considered the national bird in practice, the bald eagle was not officially designated by law until December 2024, when President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation confirming it as the official national bird of the U.S., correcting a historical oversight

grok

I knew that turkey bit

that's funny that Biden technically gets credit

That would've been lame as fuck

Hot damn ontario is stacked

as far as prolific animals go, if eagles didn't exist I'd be ok with a turkey it's unique to us and is sorta US-coded

massive

Its not too bad here

i think bison wouldve gone hard

its only -28

we didn't know about bison yet

right

Errrr

I understand why we did it, but it was kinda lame we mass exterminated the bison

When did louis and clark do that thing

this is, early colonies, the deepest they explored was the Canadian interior and found beavers

1800s

because of Polu I just autocorrect that as st.louis and clark when reading that

thanks polu

1804*

Huh, I guess so then

1600s we knew about all the East Coast animals, and found some Ohio valley stuff in the 1750s-onward

Cardinals, white-tailed deer, turkeys, bears, and all the flavors of small mammals

the Indian dogs were kinda cool looking though

wait Rusp

this is a cool read

there were wild buffalo in Virginia

I wonder if there is any surviving genetics to colossal bioscience them

like, a couple dozen

I didn't know this

Okay, well I guess they knew about them then

RUSP

we thought they were tigers at first

that's how mindfucked we were

These and bald eagles are the pinnacle of north american animal aura

How the fuck did they think it was a tiger

My favorite fun fact is that dog cancer aids is genetically descended from native american dogs.

what the fuck is the dog cancer aids

Thanks for the image wikipedia

Rusp

this is the first drawing

of a VA buffalo

AURA

Folktale villain

Oh, it is LITERAL cancer aids

damn

I was assuming, we had the super shaggy curly haired ones

but no

we had 4-legged satans

One of the few animals we nearly killed off that I feel bad about

So much aura

Like I get that we wanted to fuck over the natives and open space for cattle ranching, but like

man

Mammoth is the one I feel the worst about still

the east coast ones apparently didn't have big herds, so they'd just hang out with wild cows and horses

I genuinely didn't know this

they were local to Max and I as well

We need to bring mammoths back and make it a diplomacy animal like China does with Pandas

Salem VA