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So this is what the Parks Department is working on these days:

Watch out, Mr. Met, the city Parks Department is looking for a new mascot that could become the hottest character in town.

The public is being asked to come up with ideas for a figure to represent the city agency, and cartoonish creations have already begun to flood into the department’s Central Park headquarters.

“Who — or what — should be the official mascot of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, and what is its name?” the agency asks on its Web site.

“Is it Nutty the Squirrel, Hudson the Hawk or Parker the Leaf? Is it another animal, person or object, or a previously unknown creature that emerged from the depths of New York City’s 29,000 acres of parks, gardens and forests?”

Some of the ideas Parks officials have already batted around include a duck with a ranger’s hat and a squirrel that unzips its fur to reveal a shirt with the Parks logo of a white leaf on a green background.