The Beaver

Blue Mountain said:
The beaver is so important to Canadian history that it's our national animal and is featured on the back of our 5 cent coin.
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Numismatists will be interested to know that the 1¢ coin features Canada's national birds, the tit and the boobie, the dime pays tribute to that useful domestic animal, the ass, the Canadian quarter proudly displays a cock, and the 50¢ piece celebrates the world's only boreal marsupial, the poontang.
 
Blue Mountain said:
The beaver is so important to Canadian history that it's our national animal and is featured on the back of our 5 cent coin.

So, no, I don't find the name at all funny :).
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And, since Queen Elizabeth is on the other side, I like to profer the coin to others beaver side up with the jesting comment, " Ah, and have you seen Queen Elizabeth's beaver, my lad?"
Boisterous laughter follows as a rule.
 
While we're talking about our coinage, I'll mention that our $2 coin (known here as a "twonie") has Queen Elizabeth on one side and a polar bear on the other. So it has the Queen on front with a bear behind.
 
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I was just skimming through one of my heraldry magazines (Heraldry in Canada, December 1980) and found an article about the official adoption of the beaver as a national symbol of Canada in 1974.

From the first session of the thirtieth parliament, "I should point out that the word 'Beaver' in the English language [is a synonym for a hairy body part], so I am sure it will have the full consent of at least two members of the senate...who should appreciate having their adornments immortalized by this bill, which will make that particular adornment of theirs the symbol of Canada."
 
Before I get accused of trolling, I suppose I ought to point out that the "hairy body part" mentioned in the previous post is a beard.
 
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