In that long “What can we do to make Julia grow fast” thread, @John_Hearns suggests that what Julia really needs is a cuddly animal. (I’m not sure I totally agree with him but it’s an interesting idea to pursue…
The trouble is that, like good names, so many of the good ideas have already been used. The software/animal trope that O’Reilly books popularized used any old random animal they had a print of lying around:
Suitable animals like the cheetah have been grabbed (the Cheetah templating engine for Python…).
So finding a distinctive and less-commonly used animal mascot might be difficult. However, we could investigate some mythological creatures:
I could imagine an imaginary beast like the Julyax being quite cute if an artist got to work on it. I’m not an artist, but I think this little beast might have some promise - I added a few Julia colors:
She’s cuter than a horse-shark, that’s for sure…