This reminded me of this funny back and forth in my beloved holy land.

The Daboia palaestinae (aka Palestinian viper) was [declared the national snake of Israel] (https://www.timesofisrael.com/deadly-palestine-viper-declared-israels-national-snake/). Many people on a Facebook group for Israeli snake lovers were mad about the name the snake had. As the Hebrew used name is not the Latin name. It's either "common viper" or "viper of-land-Israel". Notice that both options do not contain the word Palestine in them.

As a response to the deceleration, [the Palestinian authorities] (https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/11/israel-claims-palestine-viper-as-its-own.html) went to the UN, asking of Israel to take back that declaration as the snake is palestinian (hence the name).

I find these interactions funny.

On another note, the national Israeli bird is [the Upupa epops] ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoopoe). In the poll for the choice, he bested the [white spacracled bulbul] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-spectacled_bulbul), a lovely bird that carries the name we teach little boys to call their weiner, bulbul.

Writing this on mobile was a pain. Need to edit when home.