1. Fighting Fish, nominated by Jukka Matikainen
The Fighting Fish boasts spectacular colours and competes with counterparts not only in colour but in will and strength. If there two in the one aquarium, they will fight to the death. For MindTrek 2010, the Fighting Fish represents how all the strong players are now in the one ‘aquarium’ whereas before they were more or less swimming in separate ones. Who is going to be victorious? Who is going to die? Are there any rules? Or is there any way to collaborate?

2. Tiger, nominated by Marko Teräs
The Tiger represents fearlessness and in East Asian cultures in particular, is considered King of the animal world.  This year is Chinese Year of the Tiger. MindTrek 2010 will see participants who are fearless, courageous and who are top of their chosen domains! Not only that, the Tiger is a magnificently adorable creature and would be a great visual mascot.

3. Tiger, nominated by Maria Sheila
The MindTrek 2010 Animal of the Year should be a Tiger, not only because 2010 is Chinese Year of the Tiger, but because of its grace (under pressure), ferocity (success), and agility (knowledge); qualities which entrepreneurs possess!

4. Herring, nominated by Karri Huhtanen
As the Monty Python (Holy Grail) guys said: “You must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with…a herring!. Monty Python is well-known for being an absurd comedy and in the MindTrek context, this reminds us of to consider truly new and wild ways of solving our challenges.

5. Chimpanzee, nominated by Hendrik Morkel
2010 is the year of biodiversity. A Chimp would make an excellent MindTrek Animal of the Year because it is the smartest land animal on the planet, has highly complex social relationships and is the most closely related to the human species. Smart, social and (sadly) endangered.