I'm looking for an animal for a coat-of-arms/seal I'm trying to make, it must symbolize the qualities of justice, fairness, liberty and equality. I want an animal that can be used as a powerful symbol for justice and redeption, liberty and ethics (ie "doing what's right").
If the animal belongs to or represents the African continent as well, the better.
What animals could embody these qualities and look good on a coat of arms? Lions and eagles are aweasome, but they are so cliche! Can you help me out with some ideas?
2006-07-10 12:56:21 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
try a lamb, or a ram, or a tiger or a raccoon
2006-07-10 12:59:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try the porcupine. They live all over Africa.
Justice - They only get ya if you jack with 'em. Predators have been found dead with a porcupine lodged in their throat.
Liberty - I'd say they can do just about ANYTHING they want - within reason.
Fairness - They don't attack, they only defend.
Equality - Their strong defense puts them on pretty equal footing with most animals.
Not quite as cool as a lion, eagle, snake, or tiger but if you're looking for something different...
2006-07-10 13:21:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about an Okapi? They are beautiful. Strong. They look like a cross between a giraffe, a zebra, and a gazelle.
Elephants have long been known for their strong family bonds.
Then there are the hippos...underappreciated...they also have strong family bonds and are known as the king of the river. Many wild animals know better than to tangle with a protective hippo.
Those are my 3 African picks.....Australia: the wombat
And then there's my favorite animal of all: the Mighty Moose.
2006-07-10 13:07:15 · answer #3 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The regal African elephant. They are the largest animal on the continent, and fearless; they would be the ones to pass true judgement, for they have their own niche in the ecosystem that no other can or would usurp; their fairness would follow suit, for they would not attempt to take over another's range; they represent liberty by their simple being - try and make them do something!
And they show their equality in that, despite their ferocity and size and temperament, they can be routed by the smallest of us all: a fieldmouse. Maybe the mouse is tougher than we credit it.
2006-07-10 13:27:09 · answer #4 · answered by dublaron71 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A porcupine preserves it's own lliberty and makes it's own justice by being unapproachable. It doesn't need to interact with other species, but it is a free spirit. Free and easy enough to eat all the belts and hoses out of your truck if you don't watch out.
Or maybe the three toed sloth. It captures the stationary internet spirit perfectly. I would say the couch potato, but that's not an animal. It's a tuber.
2006-07-23 03:27:05 · answer #5 · answered by Cattlemanbob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-27 00:15:49 · answer #6 · answered by Norine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lion. 'Equality', because it just wants to prove that it is your equal. Fairness, because it believes in population control. Liberty, because you don't take liberties with it. Justice, because it is judge, jury and executioner, the punishment always being the same, 'death', with no right of appeal. No final meal either, because it's you.
2006-07-24 08:21:08 · answer #7 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The oyster. Rock hard on the outside, soft a jelly on the inside and occasionally holding a treasure that it does not value.
That was my answer. My wife's was, "A beagle".
Xan Shui
Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man
2006-07-10 12:59:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A shark. Or some other kind of powerful sea creature, maybe a turtle becuase they're elegant. The point is, there's more than just creatures of land and sky.
2006-07-24 07:11:27 · answer #9 · answered by ♀ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the elephant suggestion. Predators are hardly the representatives of justice and fairness ... unless you consider that death is the great equaliser.
2006-07-12 13:42:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bonobo monkey. They are compassionate and seem to show a higher form of problem resolution/compassion/ethics than almost all other living creatures.
2006-07-10 15:05:04 · answer #11 · answered by ktracy_2k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋