National Fruits
1. ๐ฎ๐ณ India - Mango
2. ๐ฏ๐ต Japan - Japanese Persimmon
3. ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina - Apple
4. ๐ฉ๐ช Germany - Apple
5. ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan - Mango
6. ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea - Asian Pear
7. ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia - Apricot
8. ๐ฆ๐บ Australia - Riberry
9. ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia - Papaya
10. ๐ณ๐ต Nepal - Raspberry
11. ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan - Pomegranate
12. ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania - Cherry
13. ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria - Dates
14. ๐ฆ๐ด Angola - Palm Fruit
15. ๐ฆ๐ฌ Antigua and Barbuda - Pineapple
16. ๐ฆ๐น Austria - Apple
17. ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan - Pomegranate
18. ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh - Jackfruit
19. ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia - Chicken Egg Banana
20. ๐จ๐ฆ Canada - Blueberries
21. ๐จ๐ด Colombia - Borojรณ
22. ๐จ๐ซ Central African Republic - Banana
23. ๐จ๐ณ China - Fuzzy Kiwifruit
24. ๐จ๐บ Cuba - Mamey
25. ๐ฌ๐ท Greece - Olive
26. ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia - Durian
27. ๐ฎ๐ท Iran - Pomegranate
28. ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel - Sabra (Prickly Pear)
29. ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica - Ackee
30. ๐ต๐ญ Philippines - Mango
31. ๐ท๐ธ Serbia - Plum
32. ๐ธ๐จ Seychelles - Coco de Mer
33. ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore - Durian
34. ๐ช๐ธ Spain - Grape
35. ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka - Jackfruit
36. ๐น๐ญ Thailand - Mangosteen
37. ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates - Dates
Note: Some national fruits are officially recognized, while others are based on cultural tradition or popular national association.
If you're worried about ticks, put up an owl box.
The animal driving most Lyme disease in the eastern US is the white-footed mouse. Ticks that feed on them are far more likely to come away infected than ticks that feed on other animals. The bigger the local mouse population, the worse the next year's tick year.
A single barred owl pair raising chicks can take hundreds of rodents in a breeding season. Owls also don't carry Lyme. The bacterium can't survive their digestive tract, so an owl that eats an infected mouse is a dead end for the disease.
Researchers at the Cary Institute, the leading lab on Lyme ecology, have been explicit about this: "Landscapes that support predators have reduced Lyme disease risk."
One owl box on its own isn't going to fix a tick year. But a yard with owls, foxes, bobcats, and weasels in it has fewer mice, and a yard with fewer mice has fewer infected ticks.
If you have woods or fields nearby, a properly sized barn owl or screech owl box (different species, different ...