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Old 06-09-2010, 02:20 PM   #1
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Ffft. When it comes to meaningless symbolism, those other states ain't got nothing on Texas:

Bird: Mockingbird
Mammal (large): Texas Longhorn
Mammal (Small): Armadillo
Flying mammal: Mexican Free-tailed bat
Insect: Monarch butterfly
Reptile: Horned Lizard
Fish: Guadalupe Bass
Shell: Lightning Whelk
Flower: Bluebonnet
Plant: Prickly Pear Cactus
Tree: Pecan
Grass: Sideoats grama
Shrub: Chinese crepe myrtle
Fruit: Red grapefruit
Vegetable: Sweet onion
Fiber: cotton
Dinosaur: Pleurocoelus
Stone: Petrified Palmwood
Gem: Blue Topaz

Any of you other guys got a state fiber? Didn't think so.
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Old 06-09-2010, 02:25 PM   #2
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Nope. But we have a state boat: the Chesapeake Bay deadrise
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Old 06-09-2010, 04:45 PM   #3
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Flying mammal: Mexican Free-tailed bat
I hope it's legal.
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