For example, how we might both associate Australia with something like the kangaroo or koala, or Japan with something like the tanuki; both because they’re so unique to those regions and because they’ve lodged themselves into the rest of the world’s cultural consciousness as well. Unfortunately in Europe you guys don’t have a lot that we don’t have in America (either the same species or something very similar, like the lynx and bobcat) but I might pick the Alpine ibex as the first animal that comes to mind as something that “feels” uniquely European to Americans, culturally speaking. What similar animals do you first think of when you think of North America? What uniquely American animals do you think are the most prominent in European cultural consciousness? Are there any of these animals you particularly like or are interested in?