We've asked our followers on BBC Africa's Facebook page to suggest a new nickname for the Squirrels, Benin's football team.

The Benin Football Federation (FBF) says it is looking for a nickname that is respectable and evocative.

Well, these are the suggestions we've received:

They could have chosen ant, ants are smaller and can climb higher." from Kelvin Joseph, Nigeria
They could have chosen ant, ants are smaller and can climb higher."

Kelvin Joseph, Nigeria
I think spider would make a good name." from Ebrahim Bility
I think spider would make a good name."

Ebrahim Bility
All the big animals are taken. Maybe crocodiles?" from Judith Omondi, Nairobi, Kenya
All the big animals are taken. Maybe crocodiles?"

Judith Omondi, Nairobi, Kenya
Black Panthers Of Benin Republic." from Dakoru Burubo Eteli, Ontario, Canada
Black Panthers Of Benin Republic."

Dakoru Burubo Eteli, Ontario, Canada
Others have suggested nicknames such as the Giant Slayers, the Egrets of Benin, the Dragons of Benin, the Voodoo Boys and even the Snails of Benin Republic, the Cockroaches, the Fleas, the Bedbug Termite Warriors and the Microbes - names the Squirrels, no doubt, won't be impressed with.

Other users are saying that Benin is not the only country that should change its national team’s nickname.

Muligisa Isaac says that "Uganda should change from the humble crested Cranes to something evocative" and Lodrick Kenneth Makhubele from Zambia argues that the Squirrels is actually "a far better name" than South Africa's Bafana Bafana, which in Zulu literally means "The boys, The boys".

Mbonambi Cat Sibusiso from South Africa agrees, and George Sejaphala Tumi, from Ghana, suggests that Bafana Bafana should be renamed the Rhinos.

And what do you think? Which other teams should change their names?