The Washington State bird is the American goldfinch. I’ve lived here all my life and never seen one. That’s dumb. I propose we change it to the crow.
This is a pretty normal scene here. Raining, chilly, and the sky is full of murder.The University of Washington also did some ground breaking crow research and people help track them.
The state fruit is the apple, Fuck there are sooooo many apples here. The produce section is basically 40 kinds of apples and other fruit sometimes. The state vegetable is the Walla Walla sweet onion. We have a dish where you eat them together.
The state dance, adopted in 1979, is the square dance.
The state tree is the western hemlock, which is a poison and was used to kill Socrates.
The state flower is the coast rhododendron. which is also poison. What the fuck’s with this state and poison?
The state fish is the steelhead. They’re not poison, just majestic af.
The state song is "Washington, My Home", Which is a pretty odd song for the state with the second highest number of non religious people in the country but whateves. Also, it’s adoption in the 1800s is likely the reason its super unaware about the shitty treatment of the Salish Peoples.
The state folk song however is "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" by Woody Guthrie. Who is the super leftist in this picture. He was the pinko lefty badass and wrote this land is your land as well.
The unofficial, but popularly accepted, state rock song is Louie Louie, but who gives a shit? That’s stupid. more importantly, the state grass is bluebunch wheatgrass. This is some beautiful fucking grass.
The state insect is the green darner dragonfly. They’re predators, huge and fast and shiny as hell. Fuck yeah dragon fly.
The state gem is petrified wood.
The state fossil is the Columbian mammoth. They were larger than the T-Rex.
The state marine mammal is the orca. They’re the top predator of the ocean and eat great whit sharks and shit.
Lastly, the state mammal is the Olympic Marmot which is like a teddy bear and a rat had a baby. They hibernate and awake in Spring and sing the song of their people to the spring. Then they find their friends and hug and wrestle. Their diet mainly consists of flowers.
