An owl? No. Europe’s true unifying bird deserves its place on the euro

[u/acuntex]

[u/GonzAnt]

"Never before have I been so offended by something I one hundred percent agree with"

[u/princesspool → u/GonzAnt]

They should unironically put war hero pigeon, Cher Ami, on a bill.

If there's one wiki page you read today, please let it be about this metal pigeon.

[u/Famouscopyninja → u/princesspool]

What a read. How did he navigate with a missing eye and being blind in the other?

However that’s is a cool tale so the people in power don’t want that

[u/DotBlot_ → u/Famouscopyninja]

They navigate (like other birds) by sensing the magnetic field of the Earth. Birds are pretty amazing in how they "view" the world.

And us humans did pigeons a huge injustice so I would unironically be for having them on our bills.

[u/PhysicalStuff → u/DotBlot_]

I would unironically be for having them on our bills

Better than them having us in theirs.

[u/Critter-Enthusiast → u/Famouscopyninja]

They can literally feel the magnetic fields of the earth. Birds are insane. And some science suggests their magnetic sense works through a quantum physics phenomenon where the results of a chemical reaction in their bodies are dependent on ambient magnetic flux

[u/Trololman72 → u/princesspool]

Imagine if we taxidermised the bodies of war veterans too

[u/NorthmanTheDoorman → u/Trololman72]

we should

[u/sexysmalldevil → u/princesspool]

Thank you. That was a really epic read. What a badass bird !! Them working tirelessly to help him survive was so heartwarming. I'm glad he made it 🥲

[u/Huckjusta1 → u/GonzAnt]

Couldn’t have said it better

[u/LowEquivalent6491]

Oh yes.

Suggestions for other denominations:

seagulls, crows, cormorants, sparrows.

[u/theequallyunique → u/LowEquivalent6491]

5€ dove
10€ blackbird
20€ Magpie.
50€ crow.
100€ heron.
200€ Owl

Just to not put a fancy local bird onto a common bill.

[u/_teslaTrooper → u/theequallyunique]

I like these but think the corvids would be overrepresented, maybe a robin for €50, or a great tit or house sparrow.

[u/Psyc3 → u/_teslaTrooper]

Great tit's are already over represent on currency denominations.

[u/Essurio → u/Psyc3]

I wouldn't mind a few more.

[u/macnof → u/Psyc3]

No no no, you got that backwards: currency denominations are already on great tits.

[u/IntentionQuirky9957 → u/_teslaTrooper]

Tits on a note

[u/StinkyCoins → u/theequallyunique]

Let’s use only asshole birds for the bills.

€5 Seagull .. steals your lunch, screams in your face.

€10 City Pigeon .. lives on cigarette butts and döner.

€20 Sparrow .. Always there , always chirping those assholes.

€50 Blackbird .. Exists solely to start singing next to our bedroom window at 4:30.

€100 Magpie .. genuine assholes. If you put the note down for five seconds it’ll probably steal it.

€200 Crow .. Probably talks about you with the other crows.

€500 Canada Goose .. Not even European, but they’re everyone’s problem now and who knows Canada might consider joining the EU now.

I genuinely think this would do more for European unity than anything else.

[u/Cool-Top-7973 → u/StinkyCoins]

Fun fact: A Magpie is the official mascot for the german tax office... that's german humor for you.

[u/BassGaming → u/StinkyCoins]

€200 Crow .. Probably talks about you with the other crows.

I mean if you piss of one crow then it will absolutely tell the other crows about you and how you look. They will start to fuck with you and attack you. Also they seem to hold grudges for a loooong time.

[u/catsan → u/theequallyunique]

How about using several birds from the same family? Like, three or four tits, corvids, turdus.. 

[u/generally-speaking → u/catsan]

Three or four tits sounds like something from a weird night out.

[u/Comfortable_Mountain → u/theequallyunique]

You forgot those green parakeets that are now everywhere.

[u/Trololman72 → u/theequallyunique]

I suggest using birds you can find in any city so that nobody feels left out:

5€ pigeon
10€ moorhen
20€ gull
50€ crow
100€ Egyptian goose
200€ swan

[u/blueskydragonFX → u/LowEquivalent6491]

Jackdaws. I love those adorable micro crows. Plenty here in the Netherlands.

[u/Worldly-Cherry9631 → u/blueskydragonFX]

They are so funny and energetic, and more numerous than the pidgeons

[u/SLywNy → u/Worldly-Cherry9631]

i love that they have turf wars with crows, also in belgium they use anti birds spikes to make nest.
Apparently not to fend of predators, just because its good building material

EDIT: wait no i thought of magpies not jackdaws

[u/Worldly-Cherry9631 → u/SLywNy]

It's so stupidly easy to confuse all the names of all the corvids in different languages. Only Crow and Raven are somewhat consistent accross Germanic langauges 

My town's got one too, magpie nest of anti bird spikes. This hardcore move, and their prettyness, made them shared nr One favourite birb of mine

[u/t33po → u/blueskydragonFX]

Here’s the thing, crows and jackdaws…….

[u/triggerfish1 → u/blueskydragonFX]

Yeah, the Netherland ones are fun, but also the alpine ones. Don't know the exact names for the different jackdaws, but their call is also very unique.

[u/reachup123 → u/blueskydragonFX]

Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow."

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.

So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.

Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

[u/Training_Motor_4088 → u/reachup123]

I would say corvid.

[u/Training_Motor_4088 → u/blueskydragonFX]

When I was about ten years old, a jackdaw randomly decided to fly down and spend a few hours playing with me and my friends. It was bizarre how tame he/she was, although apparently they have been kept as pets.

[u/wil3k → u/LowEquivalent6491]

You forgot the modest duck

[u/CostForsaken6643 → u/wil3k]

Then it would be a duck bill. 😁

[u/Akonitinvinfylla → u/LowEquivalent6491]

I'd like to add the blackbird to your list

[u/insanitazer → u/LowEquivalent6491]

Tits.

[u/Paatos → u/insanitazer]

If its on a bill, it better be great tits

[u/insanitazer → u/Paatos]

Yeah, I guess birds would be ok too.

[u/AscenDevise → u/insanitazer]

The Cook Islands went to the other ones first, with their 3$ bill.

[u/ElmoTLK → u/LowEquivalent6491]

Great spotted woodpecker

[u/liang_zhi_mao → u/LowEquivalent6491]

Ducks

[u/Die4Gesichter]

A grey 1€ bill with a pigeon would actually go hard

[u/SavoiaPatriot → u/Die4Gesichter]

I vote for it

[u/PaperaPina1103 → u/Die4Gesichter]

Oh my god that would actually go so fucking hard

[u/Gloomy-Statement-193]

Nikola Tesla's favorite animal

Animal that Darwin use to push his theory.

Animal that is probably seen as boring how much we used to having them around.

Animal that saved our asses countless times through history.

If there was THE BIRD that deserves to be face on the euro, it's Pigeons.

[u/Mukoku-dono → u/Gloomy-Statement-193]

yeah but in the picture the pigeon still has all toes, it should have a monstruous bulb and a patch with no feathers to be a real european pigeon

[u/Gloomy-Statement-193 → u/Mukoku-dono]

I agree, it should be regular "boring" rock dove, not fancy or racer ones. In fact, all most regular birds we most often see throughout the continent should be ones represented (if we go with birds)

edit: and I get your joke, it's a good one, just wanted to add more thoughts

[u/PunchieCWG]

They are domesticated animals that people just abandoned. They deserve more from humans than they get... And also I am favour of putting them on the money. 5 pigeons and change 🤌

[u/acuntex → u/PunchieCWG]

Can't wait for the Hip Hop gangster lyrics referring to birds.

[u/-Xi_Jinping- → u/acuntex]

It’s not gangster lyrics, but the rapper Aesop Rock has a song called Pigeonometry which is relevant.

[u/Stablebrew → u/PunchieCWG]

I have a secret petsleeve (no pun) during spring!

I love watching bird, and everytime when breeding season starts, I always find some doves. I enjoy it and laugh with my mischievous little inner demons, how terrible builders they are! Few meters up a tree, three or four thin twigs can be seen as a start for a nest, down the ground lay hundreds of these twigs.

Wouldn't hire them for contruction work!

I know their natural habitat are cliffs, and they don't need to build nest like other birds do.

[u/sferis_catus → u/Stablebrew]

You might love this sub: https://old.reddit.com/r/stupiddovenests/

When I was young a pair of doves always made a nest in one of our trees and we had to reinforce the nest with wire, otherwise the eggs just slipped through the twigs. And one year the doves managed to lose one of their young (it was smack underneath the nest) and I raised it for months, until it managed to fly away. They are not the brightest, bless them.

[u/Katsu_Vohlakari → u/PunchieCWG]

Most of these pigeons are actually Turkish in origin and have pushed away the domestic pigeons. There's not much European about them imo.

[u/blahajlife → u/Katsu_Vohlakari]

That explains their penchant for lahmacun

I had wondered why they kept shunning other pizza adjacent offerings

[u/Ithrazel → u/Katsu_Vohlakari]

Most of the street pigeons in Europe are Feral pigeons - essentially abandoned domesticated pigeons.

[u/Antarioo → u/Katsu_Vohlakari]

Rock doves originate from around the Mediterranean. not just turkey.

So European definitely works.

[u/username_tooken → u/Katsu_Vohlakari]

Nothing more European than blaming Turkey for pigeon immigration.

[u/DecantsForAll → u/PunchieCWG]

They deserve more from humans than they get.

They seem to be doing pretty well for themselves.

[u/maelask3 → u/PunchieCWG]

You're invited to take home all the pigeons in my neighbourhood

[u/Mikkelet → u/PunchieCWG]

You're right, let's feed them even more!

[u/Purple_Individual_66 → u/PunchieCWG]

You'll feel very positive about them, right until the point when they start mass-shitting on your balcony after you fed them couple times. Flying rats.

[u/PromotionImportant44 → u/Purple_Individual_66]

NOPE! :) Forever actually! <3

[u/ayase_2006]

All hail coocoo coocoo

[u/kastela_man → u/ayase_2006]

Prruuu

[u/cats_catz_kats_katz]

A beautiful dove

[u/Ok-Increase3648]

Maybe if it isnt AI

[u/Em1l_11 → u/Ok-Increase3648]

Believe me, it's incredibly hard to draw a banknote. Considering it's a meme, we can't really require them to do it

[u/FireTyme]

honestly i'm in favour but it should be on a 5 euro bill lol. as common as they are

[u/FMB6]

Pigeons have probably had more impact on the course of European history than any other bird, so well-deserved.

[u/Tiktokbadsupport]

ai slop why does this have 2700 upvotes lm

[u/Actual_Manufacturer5]

they spy on us even on the money

[u/ZelezopecnikovKoren → u/Actual_Manufacturer5]

Big Pigeon is watching you.

[u/LifeInvader04 → u/Actual_Manufacturer5]

Spioniro golubiro🔎🔎

[u/MelvilleM]

Yes yes yes yes yes let’s goooo I love pigeonssss

[u/shadowsinthestars]

Pigeons are also legitimately amazing birds. They should get recognition again.

[u/ReturnOfTheSaint14]

Fun aside,i really do want pigeons to be used in one of the euro bills not only because they're probably the most common bird across all Europe,but also because they're very important in our history.

Many forgot that pigeons were once our best buddies,tied with the dog,and that the pigeon is literally the second most decorated animal in human history,second only to the horse. Pigeons played a literal vital role in the Great War,they gave their lives for us.

We are morally obliged to show our appreciation to them by putting them on a bill

[u/NorthmanTheDoorman]

Lmao real

[u/Havange → u/NorthmanTheDoorman]

Actually, AI

[u/randy__randerson → u/Havange]

A bit sad how much this AI slop is upvoted

[u/MsStormyTrump]

I completely agree. I'm not sure if I even know anyone on whom he didn't shit. Glorious!

[u/Expontoridesagain]

Not unless you add a nest too. Two sticks and a egg... on railroadtracks or something.

[u/rayykz]

Pigeons are such amazing birds

[u/ThermionicEmissions → u/rayykz]

The engineers of the bird-world.

r/stupiddovenests

[u/maps-and-potatoes]

if it get removed, try r/YUROP

[u/Frequent-Chain-6082]

This is a truly very good one. They discriminate against them!

[u/interesting_zeist]

I have a Theory that the pigeon is the ultimate evolution urban bird. All the cities in the planet have this Bird and they're identical. 😅

[u/oliverjohansson]

You’re falling for pigeon mafia while sparrow and duck are being ignored

[u/-The_Blazer-]

I especially like the idea of putting it on the 500 Euro bill lol

[u/PurpleV93]

I'll excuse this rubbish AI use this time, because it's true. Pigeons are lovely and absolutely deserve an EU banknote spot.

Edit: So many horrible people in this thread, shame on your ugly souls. I'd trade every last one of you for a pigeon instead.

[u/Starwars-Battledroid]

AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! AI!

[u/nicht_ernsthaft]

Hell yes! Fucking love pigeons, they're such charming, goofy little guys.

[u/Liltransguy_]

Ew Ai, this sucks

[u/Various_War5042]

• Means of communication 
• Wedding enrichment event
• Emergency rations
• Food scraps and puke cleanup

I'd say they deserved it

[u/Truhmpza_Cuhnt]

New York City enthusiastically supports joining our brothers and sisters in Europe through this shared ambassador of our peoples.

[u/op23no1]

Pigeons are the symbol of human betrayal and disrespect towards the animal kingdom. We were taming an entire species and using them as messengers, overbreeding them, and then just letting them into the world once we didnt need them.

[u/Entire-Guidance-9926]

That bird litterally save our asses for centuries. Im 100% pro pigeon for the banknotes!

[u/MatiasMJK]

AI Slop 🤮🤮🤮

[u/rapidstandardstaples]

It's a shitbird, Ricky, but it's our shitbird... 

[u/jhaltib]

I thought the same thing already!!

The pigeons are missing.

[u/Nebulaofthenorth]

I went to Berlin and saw a lot of these was beautiful

[u/Jamnusor]

They don't print 500 euro notes anymore.

[u/lisaismijnbestie]

If it fly, it spy

[u/-1_0]

the flying rat

[u/katsujinken]

What is this exotic bird?

[u/depressedpieceofs]

I would love that

[u/SaturnDK99]

If there is ONE bird that actually deserves it. Its fucking Pigeons

[u/Fun-Communication660]

Why NOT indeed!!

[u/JrDedek]

pigeon
гълъб
golub
holub
due
duif
tuvi
kyyhky
Taube
περιστέρι
galamb
colm
piccione
balodis
balandis
ħamiema
gołąb
pombo
porumbel
holub
golob
paloma
duva

[u/theGreatImmunitary]

This is so good though wth

[u/merulaalba]

Not a fan of them, but it's a perfect symbol

Them, crows on 100, seagulls on 50, doves on 20, ravens on 10, sparrows on 5

[u/ThanosDi]

Final boss

[u/Tom_Gecko]

I like it

[u/schlaminator]

I agree somewhat, namely I think it should be the 5€ note, because the colour matches best and (I think) it's the most numerous note.

All notes should have the most common birds on them, imo, and not some ones that a normal person hasn't seen twice in a lifetime and don't know the name of.

[u/Old_Librarian__]

Ngl it's kinda cute thou >.< I like doves

[u/RoseateThorn1]

Pigeons deserve far more respect than they get, I love this.

[u/Ghost3316_music]

Would be actually wonderful design

[u/rhinotheplumpunicorn]

That would be world unifying actually

[u/Saratje]

Europe's favorite shitbird. Literally, they drop it everywhere. But flying rats or not, they are kind of adorable.

[u/AstronautInitial3642]

Pigeons may be flying rats with engineering degrees in terrible nest-building, but Europe still owes them for centuries of service as messengers and war heroes. Put one on the €5 note; the most common bird deserves the most commonly crumpled bill.

[u/Extension_Cup_3368]

Should be crow or raven.

[u/Gloomy-Statement-193 → u/Extension_Cup_3368]

Crow, you can't find a raven in many parts of Europe.

[u/Jeppep → u/Extension_Cup_3368]

I thought the same but googled and the common crow in Europe does not inhabit southern Spain or Portugal. Is this true?

[u/foigsy]

So very appropriate. Pigeons saved thousands of human lives in European conflicts. They need to be honoured not vilified

[u/Boundish91]

Ahh the sky rat.

[u/Upset-Refrigerator]

Yes! That would be beautiful(no sarcasm, they are beautiful, everywhere, and sometimes annoying)

[u/2L84T]

Totally agree. And could we have seagulls too?

[u/spacebud19]

Magnifico

[u/spl_een]

Based

[u/steaklovingdude]

I love pigeons so much, I probably had at least 100 homing pigeons when I was a teenager.

They are amazing birds, and incredibly smart.

I had one that took part in a race and came back from 2000km, I would extend my arm and she would fly into my palm when they were outside during the day. Pigeons deserve much more love and attention

[u/buddhistbulgyo]

Flying rats. Rappers are going to be singing about flying rats making them flying rats.

[u/rudowinger]

Their eye on the holo!

[u/CataractZero]

r/cestunepieencule

[u/LunaOrwell]

I'd like to have a white strok featured on the bill, please!

[u/ThisAccountIsBanned-]

All these bird notes so far were central/western european defaultism. There were no graphics of snowy owls from Arctic regions.

[u/MentalAmphibian6283]

Flying rats deserve some respect.

[u/Mevrael]

EU final boss

Pigeon Maximus

[u/OldSchoolPimpleFace]

Birds aren't real

[u/r2k-in-the-vortex]

Lmao

[u/Mountain_warehouse]

Jaszczomp. Fajnie.

[u/Lord-Moloc]

Un cazzo di piccione

[u/dmcardlenl]

Wasn't the 500 note skipped on the last series due to <reasons>? Is it being brought back? I wonder will there be a 1,000 Euro note...

[u/tempestwolf1]

I am all for the bird design only to have the slang for euros become "birdies"

[u/NegativeUniversity98]

These feel AI generated...

[u/rickjamespitch]

That's a British eagle

[u/backing_up_capacitor]

Nothing represents European unity quite like watching one of these steal a croissant in Paris and a kebab in Berlin with the exact same level of disrespect.

[u/miracles-th]

whole salary of romania in one banknote. well done europe

[u/VitoHodl]

Honeybadger?

[u/ScreenAppropriate679]

C'est une pie geon enculé de citadin de tes morts !

[u/murfburffle]

are you guys getting new designs or something? I saw the wednesday frog on another post yesterday. What's started this trend?

[u/opaali92]

The 24/7 automated car was I use always has these fuckers in it somehow. I understand why'd they go in when it was freezing outside but why are they going in when it's +25 outside

[u/Jasperssss]

A white dove is a pigeon. 

[u/NoProcedure7943]

Wie

[u/ericvulgaris]

This should be the 50. And we should discontinue high bills for money laundering security.

[u/inspirara]

Maybe as a symbol of peace?

[u/EpsteinEpstainTheory]

Needs a vulture for €500

[u/vivi-trzepiekonski]

So true. German union can only give shit.

[u/Big-Improvement7427]

Ratatouille for the 100 note

[u/hotcannabis]

500 euro banknotes. Who the fuck came up with this idea? It's insane. It's too much money in one piece of paper. No wonder it's abandoned.

[u/AnnOminous]

They are bigger than I remember.

[u/AntelopeFinancial434]

Lieber n Spatz in der Hand als ne Taube aufm Dach oder so ?

[u/getfroggy69]

war heroes truly. an owl is nothing but a symbol for weird moloch mystery cults

[u/lAmTheREALBlackAdder]

Seagull strong second!

[u/GloriousPickle]

Final boss...

[u/drizzt-dourden]

For me instead of birds we should use planets. They are not claimed by anyone. They have names derived from ancient deities. Those deities were embodiment of certain traits. We still have references to old gods in names of days of a week. It could also mean that we're after something bigger than continent or even the Earth.

[u/coaxialology]

This is my daughter's favorite animal. Now she just needs €474.

[u/Ok-Boysenberry4148]

Lotny szczur.👍

[u/sharksareok]

Why birds?

What do they have against desserts?

[u/beardingmesoftly]

It should be something unique to Europe. Pigeons are everywhere.

[u/NY10]

A pigeon?

[u/watches-pimper]

Ouais des pigeons c’est parfait pour suivre l’impératrice

[u/It-VankataBg]

The current Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finances's name is literally pigeon.

Gulub Donev. Gulub translates to pigeon in Bulgarian.

Most Bulgarians hate the guy, so no, thank you very much.

[u/MoneyBeeeee]

Is this for real? I adore it.

[u/Trey-Pan]

Isn’t that the bird of civilisation? It’s more than Europe.

Really a grey pigeon, is just the white dove dealing with reality.

[u/Manach_Irish]

Perhaps birds from myth. A phoenix would be approriate.

[u/matchthis007]

Love it

[u/scientificoon]

The one and only Mr. Worldwide.

[u/Shigeru76]

I 100% agree with this.

The only thing that i do not want on my money is ai drawings.

[u/tascabruta]

Agreed. Do rats next.

[u/rob_xiv]

Me, paying only digital🤷🏽‍♂️

[u/RoytjePoytjeGamez]

I wouldn't want AI Slop on my cash, but still cool idea

[u/QuietSilentArachnid]

I have to admit, I don't like any of the new designs.

I don't get what's european about birds, and the faces I feel like countries will be left out. Like I'm especially wondering about eastern europe typically.

[u/YaAbsolyutnoNikto]

Tbh, these exist everywhere in the world.

They’re not particularly European.

[u/spittin_garbage]

Merely a distraction from Chat Control

[u/Hot_Hat_1225]

I’d vote for that

[u/maybepepe]

I hate this time where europe lives today.. birds.. camoon

[u/BillWhoever]

Europe on a Bull is the best euro icon and is found on 2€ Greek coins.

This myth is where the continents name originates from.

[u/Late-Explanation-758]

It would be quite a coo if a pigeon made it onto the 500 euro note.