# 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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Ok, so:

- it needs to be _cute_,
- it should _represent Julia’s strength cleverly_,
- it should be _easy to produce as a plush-toy_ (@Tamas_Papp)

Why not combine Julia’s iconic balls with a cute animal that can handle them (e.g. multiple dispatch)? Why not combine something static with something dynamic?

Meet “Jules”:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/b/eb289d9d0f82aff84ca12e976f4e48bf068056c1.jpeg)

Disclaimer: This is made by AI - but not just slob. It is not final; it is not production ready as a plush toy; it is just a cute, simple idea.

Afterthoughts:

What’s nice about the juggling idea is that balls can be shipped with a plush-toy. And even kids can have their first go at “multiple dispatch” and there could be little juggling contests. So again, it’s dynamic - not just static.

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