Saturday, January 3, 2015

What Animals Appear Most on National Geographic's Covers

Since the magazine's first illustrated cover 55 years ago, 153 of our 665 covers have featured animals.

Birds got 30 covers, Apes and Chimps 13, Bears 12, Fish 8, Horses 7, Insects 7, Dogs 6, Elephants 6, Cheetahs 5, Monkeys 5, Seals 5, Sharks 5, Lyons 4, Tigers 4, Wolves 4, Camels 3, Deer 3, Foxes 3, Frogs 3, Whales 3, Buffalo 2, Dolphins 2, Lizards 2, Mollusks 2, Penguins 2, Pigs 2, Snakes 2, Water Buffalo 2 and 1 Hedgehog cover.
 

3 comments:

Chip Ahoy said...

Lyons are the most fierce of all the Rhône-Alpes area Frenchmen, to be approached with the greatest of care.

Lions (4), tigers (4) and bears (12)! Oh, my.

bagoh20 said...

Are we talking about animals literally or metaphorically? I need to know so I can decide if this highly offensive and thus very funny or just a set of facts.

Leland said...

Really, NG? You lump all birds together, yet differentiate whales from dolphins and fish from sharks? Apes and Chimps are the same but not monkeys? Also, what the hell does NG think penguins are?

I ask these questions, because if you are going to put up a link bait about what's most been on your cover, then you better not sandbag the winner by declaring all birds (except penguins) the same animal.

Cheetahs, Lions, and Tigers...
Dogs, Wolves, and Foxes...

How about this list:
Birds - 32
Hooved Animals - 19
Primates - 18
Large Cats - 13
Canines - 13
Fish - 13
Ursines - 12
Insects - 7
Elephants - 6
Aquatic Mammals - 5
etc...