# An animal for Julia?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** marketing, branding, animals\
**Created:** [October 8, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322 "2017-10-08T10:20:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![ExpandingMan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/expandingman/32/866_2.png) [@ExpandingMan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ExpandingMan)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/41 "2017-10-11T16:23:31Z")

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> [@essenciary](#):
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> If you google “Julia butterfly” beware, there’s also a lady called exactly that - she lives in a tree or something, a bit of a looney internet celebrity.

Wow, I guess this precludes the butterfly mascot 😆

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**Author:** ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/42 "2017-10-11T16:28:41Z")

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Once upon a time, if you googled “Julia” the top hit was “Julia Roberts”, so there’s always hope.

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**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/43 "2017-10-11T21:03:29Z")

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**Author:** ![ssfrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ssfrr/32/3736_2.png) [@ssfrr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ssfrr)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/44 "2017-10-11T21:20:59Z")

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Let’s try to keep it respectful, folks.

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**Author:** ![alejandromerchan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alejandromerchan/32/10500_2.png) [@alejandromerchan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alejandromerchan)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/45 "2017-10-11T21:54:48Z")

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The problem with this butterfly is that it’s called _Dryas iulia_, not julia. I’ve worked with them in the past, not very remarkable butterflies, to be honest. Very common and widespread, though.

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**Author:** ![essenciary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/essenciary/32/210469_2.png) [@essenciary](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/essenciary)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/46 "2017-10-12T12:31:27Z")

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Tomāto Tomäto 🙂

Kidding aside, I think that “the Julia butterfly” is nice, I wouldn’t use the scientific name. It seems to be the common name, per the all mighty wisdom of the Internets:

> Dryas iulia (often incorrectly spelled julia), **commonly called the Julia butterfly** , Julia heliconian, the flame, or flambeau…

> **The beautiful Julia Heliconian butterfly** ( Dryas iulia) has bright orange color with a narrow black border on the hindwing

> **Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia)**. This graceful orange southern beauty

> **The Julia Heliconian** (Dryas julia) (sometimes the scientific name is given as D. iulia as well) is a butterfly of south Florida

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**Author:** ![evolgenomology](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@evolgenomology](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/evolgenomology)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/47 "2017-10-12T19:50:14Z")

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A Wolpertinger, it can only be a Wolpertinger!!!

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/48 "2017-10-13T08:16:00Z")

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Just a thought: many flying insects have [ocelli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_eye_in_invertebrates#Dorsal_ocelli), simple eyes that look a lot like the three Julia dots. Just look at all [these options](https://google.com/search?q=ocelli&tbm=isch)! Might make the adoption of any bees, ants, wasps, flies, dragonflies, and grasshoppers easier…

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**Author:** ![Diego\_Javier\_Zea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/diego_javier_zea/32/1858_2.png) [@Diego\_Javier\_Zea](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Diego_Javier_Zea)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/49 "2017-10-13T10:33:21Z")

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An image in this page is almost the Julia logo: [X-ray vision | Laboratory News](https://www.labnews.co.uk/features/x-ray-vision-09-08-2016/)

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/50 "2017-10-13T11:03:16Z")

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Yap.

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**Author:** ![lmagno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lmagno/32/2182_2.png) [@lmagno](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmagno)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/51 "2017-10-14T00:50:55Z")

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Since there was talk of mythical horses I feel one should mention Odin’s eight-legged horse (and Loki’s child) Sleipnir, described as the best and fastest of all.  
Not exactly cute, though.

> **[Sleipnir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipnir)**
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> In Norse mythology, Sleipnir /ˈsleɪpnɪər/ (Old Norse: \[ˈslɛipnez̠\]; "slippy" or "the slipper") is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. Sleipnir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Sleipnir is Odin's steed, is the child of Loki and Svaðilfari, is described as the best of all horses, and is sometimes ridden to the location of Hel. The Prose Edda con Sle...

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/52 "2017-10-16T21:26:32Z")

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> [@evolgenomology](#):
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> Wolpertinger

Bayern braucht Wolpertinger wie Wolpertinger Bayern!

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**Author:** ![o314](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/o314/32/252_2.png) [@o314](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/o314)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/53 "2017-10-18T13:59:35Z")

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Great idea.

Julia is the fastest language nowadays, so let’s go with a cheetah

First draft :

![julia logo w animal](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/5/0/50f154e130eb31959b1b4f73e6755348990205a8.png)

We even got a rhyme cheetah/julia  
Easy to pronounce, easy to remember

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**Author:** ![djsegal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/djsegal/32/13752_2.png) [@djsegal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djsegal)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/54 "2017-10-24T15:48:10Z")

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Another thing that’s essential for a mascot is the ability to put costumes on it:

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/9/e9ed450af80cfa2968e12fc305c0065c0a71b95d.png)

// how else are you going to know what month it is outside?

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**Author:** ![NaOH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/naoh/32/5632_2.png) [@NaOH](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NaOH)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/55 "2018-02-13T13:54:01Z")

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> [@cormullion](#):
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> Suitable animals like the cheetah have been grabbed (the Cheetah templating engine for Python…).

How about a peregrine falcon (_Falco peregrinus_)? They are even faster than cheetahs! and they are also cosmopolitans, living all around the world, just like Julians. 😉

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/2/c2ec9f40aa5e4018c6675b0c3bac098b9f82d629.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![NaOH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/naoh/32/5632_2.png) [@NaOH](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NaOH)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/56 "2018-02-13T14:02:02Z")

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> [@djsegal](#):
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> Another thing that’s essential for a mascot is the ability to put costumes on it:

Not an animal, but there has been Julia-tan for a while, this character is ideal for costumes! 😛

- [http://www.mechajyo.org/wp/?page\_id=6](http://www.mechajyo.org/wp/?page_id=6)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/3/930d74e54d76a66e1beafec140dcdd2fd97994c3.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/57 "2018-02-13T14:20:32Z")

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I love Julia-Tan, I need to get a new sticker for my new phone 😀  
As far as an animal though, I really like griffins!

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/b/7b0f320b290b96232942b543d04891f60fae1442.png)

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/58 "2018-02-13T14:24:11Z")

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I think it would be much better to have a non-human animal than a human. Everybody loves animals, nobody likes humans.

I still think the butterfly is the best one.

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**Author:** ![mkborregaard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkborregaard/32/556_2.png) [@mkborregaard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkborregaard)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/59 "2018-02-13T14:32:45Z")

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In particular since the community guidelines state explicitly that julia is not a female human. I can get behind the butterfly.

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/60 "2018-02-13T14:37:33Z")

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I also like the idea of a [cute platypus](https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=cute+platypus&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPy66-jaPZAhUB1GMKHSBHB1wQsAQIJw&biw=1442&bih=799) (so sad I suck at drawing), they do look cute as plushes \<3

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