What animal do both Cocky and cockfights have in common?
Cocky (mascot) Cocky is the costumed mascot of the University of South Carolina athletics teams. He represents a cartoon version of a gamecock (a fighting rooster).
Templetonia retusa Templetonia retusa, known as cockies tongues or cocky's tongues, is a shrub in the family Fabaceae (Leguminosae) that grows in southern and south-western Australia. It grows up to 2 m high, with leaves 15 - long and 7 - wide. Its flowers are normally a rich red colour, and are 25 - long. The seed pods are 40 - long and around 10 mm wide. It is found in coastal woodland and heaths over limestone from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to near Kangaroo Island, as well as inland in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.