A few years ago I came across this sign in Frankfurt. I found it intriguing and yes, odd.  I had no idea what that animal, if it actually is one, was supposed to be.  I’ve since seen a few more signs with the same creature in different poses, unfortunately I don’t always carry my camera.

Yesterday – finally! – I found out the story behind it.  The creature was sitting happily on a pedestrian bridge crossing the river Nidda.

And a sign beneath it proclaimed it to be the GrünGürtel-Tier.

This is a play on words which needs to be explained: Gürteltier is a actually an armadillo but literally a belt anmial, Grüngürtel is the greenbelt surrounding a city for urban recreation, hence this is the GreenBelt Animal.  Rather whimsical, I think.

Here is some more information if you are interested but only in German: https://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=4132 .

For Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge.  More oddball photos can be found here.