[Haskell-cafe] Sugestion for a Haskell mascot

[Anton van Straaten]

Maurí­cio wrote:
> Here in Brazil we have a forest animal we name 'preguiça' -- literally,
> lazyness. What better mascot we could have for Haskell? It lives (and
> sleeps) in trees, and if you see the main picture in wikipedia articles
> you can easily imagine the tree branch beeing replaced by a lambda:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth
> 
> http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicho-pregui%C3%A7a

The article says:

"Sloths therefore have very large, specialized, slow-acting stomachs 
with multiple compartments in which symbiotic bacteria break down the 
tough leaves."

Clearly a reference to the evil mangler.

Anton