if you had to make a Big 5 for the UK, what would it be?

Posted by EFNich@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 59 comments

What is our equivalent to the big 5?

Red Deer Stag
Otter
Golden Eagle
Basking Shark
Red Squirrel

The above would be my first punt, but what about orca? Or badgers? Humpback whales? Does there need to be a land 5 and a water 5? Our water game is much better than our land game (because I think we killed everything). An air 5? Is that too many 5s?

Should we allow semi feral or even farmyard things, like the highland cow, or the dartmoor ponies?

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councilsoda@reddit

You got to put Orca in there.

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

I feel like our best ones really are all sea based. Should we have a sea one and a land one? Is that cheating? Who even makes the rules? Then we should probably also have an air one so the birds don't feel left out.

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councilsoda@reddit

Yeah land, sea and air sounds completely sensible. What subterranean? Moles, earthworms... actually, hang on that's clearly a step too far.

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

I have even added feral/farm on my private list, so highland cows, dartmoor ponies.

I accept your subterranean addition! What about one for trees? What are our coolest trees?

Also amphibians.

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councilsoda@reddit

Oak is the classic but who doesn't love a Horse Chestnut? What about mushrooms? I still have never seen a fly agaric in the wild and would love to.

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

Fly Agaric would have to be on there, chestnut, willows (although I think the weeping willow is an import), oak, ivy?

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GooseyDuckDuck@reddit

Haggis

Unicorn

Badger

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Inevitable-Slide-104@reddit

Swans want a word

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

What would you swap out for swans? I personally think swans are cunts

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Inevitable-Slide-104@reddit

Sorry, thought you was asking about the big five animal cunts in the UK

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

Biggest cunts in the animal kingdom UK:

- Geese

- Swans

- Wasps

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laoxue@reddit

Other than badger - Highland Cow, Clydesdale horses, Shetland Ponies, Kestrel, Great Uncle Bulgaria and Orinoco.

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cuccir@reddit

For the sea, replace leatherback turtle with sea otter I reckon. They are resident here, more representative

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

Robins are the UK's favourite bird, Ravens are super cool, huge and can talk. Pigeons are wonderful.

Grouse are French imports I think (no offence to the French or grouse) and are dumb af.

I do love a red kite and think they should make the list.

Curlews are also super cool.

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Fragrant-Attorney-73@reddit

Badger, Deer, Hedgehog, Owl, Eamon Holmes

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kendoddsdadsdeaddog@reddit

B & M
Home Bargains
The Range
Primark
Poundland

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stepsmcgee@reddit

Blobby.

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Kufiya_25@reddit

Tracy Chantelle Callum Josh Taylor

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Intelligent_Mine_121@reddit

Feels like a Puffin should be on the bird list

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Anonimoose15@reddit

I’d nominate harvest mice for land animals, but I’m very fond of rodents so I get this may not be the people’s choice 😅

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Dolamed@reddit

Badger
Scottish Wildcat
Stoat
Wild Boar
Sea Eagle

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

Just learned about sea eagles and they are very cool. Should we just cheat and put "eagles"?

Wildcat deserves to be on the list, but what to bump off?

Wild boar is cheating as theyve only just been reintroduced

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baxty23@reddit

One of those pigeons with a manky foot

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gotmunchiez@reddit

And a pheasant that's been hit by a car.

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Previous_Kale_4508@reddit

Answers to the name Limpy.

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Special_Artichoke@reddit

Apparently North Americans don't have robins like ours, some of them thought the red breasted Christmas robin they'd seen on cards, etc, was made up like santa lol. So get that little fella on the list

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

Thats super cute but they really need to invest more in their education system. Theyre on the air list! I love robins

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Tyruto@reddit

Fox

Badger

Fallow deer

Kestral

Grey Seal

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HereGiovanniSmokes@reddit

Your mum would up there for sure.

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

She's up there filed under "snake".

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BastardsCryinInnit@reddit

I'll go with whatever was top answer last time this was asked, which was i think last week.

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

That would be Ant & Dec

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That_Organization901@reddit

1: Badger

2: Badger

3: Badger

4: Badger

5: Mushroom

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Previous_Kale_4508@reddit

There's not mushroom left on the list for a fungi like you. 🧐

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

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canthinkupauser@reddit

SNAAAAAAAAKE!!

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Alarming-Check9188@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/s/8BbmX4wQ6v

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

I have apparently never had an original thought in my life.

Although we didn't really get very many serious answers, unless we should indeed just choose "wasps, golden retriever, foxes, ant and dec"

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Alarming-Check9188@reddit

I'm not sure Reddit is the place for serious answers 😂

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

AI/LLMs was built off the back of Reddit, we are the singularity.

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

Red Deer Stag (biggest)
Badger (iconic)
Fox (also iconic)
Red Squirrel (rarest sort of?)
Adder (cool because snake)

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Severus_1987@reddit

fox
adder
badger
otter or seal
stag

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

American Pitbull with a duck muzzle

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Hedgehog
Seagull
Daddy Longlegs
Badger
Magpie

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

That and cocaine Dave from down pub

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EFNich@reddit (OP)

I feel like badgers do deserve a spot

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