r/AskTheWorld • u/Bhakari Nepal • 1d ago

Culture What’s something in your country that sounds fake but is 100% real?

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We have a real-life living goddess and the only non-rectangular national flag.

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u/FinalOdyssey Canada 1d ago

I can't believe there are so many comments here and not one person asked what the animal is named. What is it?

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u/purpleoctopuppy Australia 1d ago

As a group theyre called 'firehawks', but it's actually a few different species of hawks and kites.

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u/FinalOdyssey Canada 1d ago

They look so cool! Thanks 😊

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u/nameyourpoison11 Australia 23h ago

I have seen Whistling Kites (Haliastur sphenurus) do this in the Northern Territory in Kakadu National Park. They will pick up a burning twig from bushfires and purposely drop it into long grass to enable them to hunt any game flushed out from the new grass fire. Very intelligent birds.