Finland emojis

A friendly-looking Saimaa ringed seal cub; a grey seal with spots of darker grey.

:pusahispidasaimensis:

Pusa hispida saimensis

How cute can one be?

News! Despite stubborn belief, Polar bears do not walk on the streets of Helsinki. But what we do have an endangered species: the Saimaa ringed seal, ‘saimaannorppa’. They are among the most endangered seals in the world, having a total population of only about 370 individuals. The only existing population of these seals is found in Lake Saimaa, Finland (hence the name) and it is one of the only seals that live in freshwater. Saimaannorppa desperately needs snow and ice for the cubs, and during mild winters volunteers run to the rescue constructing what is needed for the seal to thrive.

Finland is the first country in the world to publish its own set of country themed emojis. The Finland emoji collection contains 56 tongue-in-cheek emotions, which were created to explain some hard-to-describe Finnish emotions, Finnish words and customs.

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