# 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")\
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**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 11:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-animal-for-julia/6322/138 "2026-04-22T11:06:10Z")

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> [@eckofoid](#):
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> My ranked votes are

Since this thread has resurfaced repeatedly over the years, **I opened a separate poll** to get a clearer signal on whether people want an unofficial community mascot at all, and if so which candidates they prefer:

> [@Should Julia have an unofficial community mascot? If so, which one?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-have-an-unofficial-community-mascot-if-so-which-one/136826):
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> This is a poll about whether Julia should have an unofficial community mascot. Since this topic has resurfaced repeatedly over the years without converging, I thought it might be useful to at least get a clearer signal on whether people want an unofficial mascot at all, and if so which candidates are actually preferred. To be clear: this is not about changing Julia’s logo, official branding, or visual identity. The idea is just to see whether people would like some informal mascot figure for …

I kept it separate so the vote would not get buried in the long historical discussion here. 🙂

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