I think it’s time that GlasgoWapuu got his five minutes of fame.
Despite its oriental origins, seasoned zoologists and geneticists from Glasgow University have been studying the wapuu’s ancestry. Whilst they are clearly separate species, the physiological similarities between wapuu wordcampius and the indigenous wild haggis (haggis scottii dexterous) from the Scottish Highlands are unmistakable. This points to a common ancestry, perhaps back to that period in pre-history when Scotland was joined to Eurasia by a land bridge.
GlasgoWapuu is indeed fortunate that WordCamp Glasgow 2020 is taking place in February because the hunting season for wild haggis finishes on 25 January. Safe in the city, he is in no danger of being confused with his wild, distant cousin.
Come to WordCamp Glasgow 2020 and observe GlasgoWapuu in his natural habitat.
Wapuus originated in Japan after a Tokyo WordCamp after party in 2009. Since then they have proliferated and can be found in myriad forms across the world.
For GlasgoWapuu the classic, Mackintosh rose style stylises the WordPress ‘W’ logo. The head, meanwhile, is crowned with a traffic cone, in recognition of the Glaswegians’ unstinting respect for authority — represented by the statue of the Duke Of Wellington in Royal Exchange Square.
GlasgoWapuu appeared after a Contributor Day in 2018 when we decided the Glasgow WP MeetUp needed a bit more colour. After many hours of heated debate — well, a quick chat in the pub over a couple of beers actually — GlasgoWapuu emerged from the fevered imagination of our own Derek York.