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[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Historically, if you weren't talking about the bald eagle, the US tended to be symbolized by the bison (which we in the US call the "buffalo). It got pretty clobbered too, though.