the awesome "what's your favorite animal?" thread

[Martjin]

...has to be the Red Panda!! :love:

[cowardlylion]

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=red+panda/v=2/SID=e/TID=I001_70/l=IVI/SIG=12n7nbc7s/EXP=1108503353/*-http%3A//1stoppostershop.com/products/Impact/Wildlife/im_RedPanda.jpg

that is definately the best picture of those cute cuddle creatures :)

[Martjin]

:bop:

[candylion]

awww.... the red panda is too cute!!

and so is mister tree!! :heart:

[Martjin]

Originally posted by cowardlylion
[IMG]

that is definately the best picture of those cute cuddle creatures :)

great minds...voila :-D

[claireee]

Crayon Ponyfish!

[Martjin]

Originally posted by claireee
Crayon Ponyfish!

pfff...I have to wait another month till it hits the cinemas over here :(

[cowardlylion]

look at their feet!
i mean..
you cannot get that color out of a crayon box. for sure!
http://www.fieldguides.com/_birdpix/BlueFootedBooby3AJ_sm.jpg

[classicalangel]

that red panda picture was adorable...

[nikita]

:heart:

http://www.puzzlehouse.com/images/webpage/elephant.jpg

[claireee]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
pfff...I have to wait another month till it hits the cinemas over here :(

Awww, that's sad! I'm sorry! But think of it this way, it will just be that much better when it finally comes! :)

[cowardlylion]

http://homestudy.ihea.com/wildlifeID/mallard.jpg :):):)

[Somebody'sBaby]

The Kitty cat. I have 2 of them, they like to talk.

[TheEnemy]

lamatee

[cowardlylion]

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/mammal/images/raccoon.jpg


i am having toomuch fun with this

[cowardlylion]

they are so serious... you will never catch one smiling.. :)
http://www.naturenorth.com/summer/Images/owl-new.jpg

[Martjin]

Originally posted by cowardlylion
[IMG]


i am having toomuch fun with this

did you know he's a cousin of the red panda!!!

[Somebody'sBaby]

behold Nature's Nachos....the lemming

[claireee]

Electric Jellyfish!

[cowardlylion]

when i was a youngin.. i had absolutely everything turtle and tortoise.. i was obsessed.. every one would buy little turtle things for me.. and it got so that i was never really surprised by anything
so one day, i said "fuck turtles"
though also, until this day.. i hav ea strong secret passion

http://www.costaricapages.com/core/turtle.jpg

[cowardlylion]

Originally posted by Somebody'sBaby
behold Nature's Nachos....the lemming suicidal freaks

[Martjin]

my second favorite...the incredible Narwhal!!!

[nikita]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
my second favorite...the incredible Narwhal!!!



what is that!?! D:

[cowardlylion]

http://taltos.pha.jhu.edu/~tamas/files/images/emu.jpg

go to this picture..

its so scary
:cry:
:cry:
EEEEEEEMMMUUUUUUUUU

:cry:

[Martjin]

Originally posted by kauai80
what is that!?! D:

it's a whale like animal...with a giant tooth...it's not a horn as most people think...weird huh!

[Somebody'sBaby]

If that's real, I think it's the strangest antimal I've ever heard of :oh:

[cowardlylion]

are you serious? you guys have never heard of a narwal..
i mean..

in sixth grade it was all we talked about D:
seriously

[nikita]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
it's a whale like animal...with a giant tooth...it's not a horn as most people think...weird huh!



SCARY weird!!! :scared:


(but the big tooth thing sounds familiar :confused: )

[rebekah]

i'm all about ephalunts. they're so beautiful and compassionnate and graceful in their own elephant-y way.

and cats, of course :yes:

[cowardlylion]

:O especially cats with the double paws.. :) i love huge paws on little puppies too :-o haha

[nikita]

yes... ze kitties :)

[lune]

so cuuuute

[Somebody'sBaby]

awww, two sets of cute little glowing cat-demon eyes :smelly:

[chemgyrl]

I like Chinchillas, they take dirt baths!

[tomthumb]

http://www.wombadilliac.com.au/images/what/what_wombat.gif

[joely]

i think everybody knows that answer....;)

[Drunkship]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
it's a whale like animal...with a giant tooth...it's not a horn as most people think...weird huh!

ahm.. it looks more like a seal with a spear up its ass

[TheEnemy]

.

[Sound_of_Silence]

:love:

http://www.petrats.org.uk/images/camille1.jpg

And... :D

http://www.antarctic.homestead.com/files/penguins.jpg

[bumbletort]

Originally posted by cowardlylion
when i was a youngin.. i had absolutely everything turtle and tortoise.. i was obsessed.. every one would buy little turtle things for me.. and it got so that i was never really surprised by anything
so one day, i said "fuck turtles"
though also, until this day.. i hav ea strong secret passion

http://www.costaricapages.com/core/turtle.jpg

You are a great person, a scholar, and an individual.

Evolution could have just stopped after producing the turtle.

The death of any turtle diminishes me.

Life will be easier now that I know the secret to halting the torrent of turtle gifts.

[joely]

i have many turtles
they are my clan
everyon in myfamily
has turtle things, i have
a tiny silver turtle that
i take with me everywhere

[cowardlylion]

one time i went to the doctors.. and he was gonna tellme whether or not i had chicken pox

and i really didnt want it..

and i brought a whole bunch of turtle stuffed animals or figurines :)


it didnt work

[kupo]

I loves dolphins:) Not only are they cute but they can hold there own against sharks.

[kupo]

...and have have lots of personality too.

[TheDuneDog]

A Liger. It's pretty much my favorite animal. Bred for its skills and magic.

Napoleon D.

[creatrix]

Originally posted by lune
so cuuuute

OMG!!! I fell in love with those little guys when one was pictured in my 10th grade bio book... I'd almost forgotten about them!

:love:

[creatrix]

and...

[Paul Newman]

This is a response to all the pansies who have posted their favourite animals so far..

[Brilliant Sun]

http://www.screensaverjapan.com/animal/ferrets/ferrets.jpg

[creatrix]

Roo Baby!!

[cowardlylion]

Originally posted by urmuther
I loves dolphins:) Not only are they cute but they can hold there own against sharks. well all they gotta do is punch the shark in the face.. jeez ;)

[kupo]

Originally posted by cowardlylion
well all they gotta do is punch the shark in the face.. jeez ;)

Pfff.. that's no small feat, my friend.:rolleyes:

[Lala]

belugas!
meercats!
snow leopards!

[wow&flutter]

alpacas rule

I want one soooo bad :-o :cry:

[wow&flutter]

:heart:

[trucker's atlas]

i love animals...

i could post pictures here for hours.

where's kelsey/larkspur when you need her? :cry:

but of course, being the town's resident "cat lady" i must first post a kitty. i've posted him in pet threads before, but on days like today i always wonder where he is and how he is doing. this is turnip, he was a kitten we had here for foster care but when he got old enough and big enough, he went back to the shelter to be aadopted. i couldn't talk the family into keeping this one... :( and 7 cats later, i finally had to stop doing foster care (obviously i adopted too many. way too many... but i loves 'em.)

without further adieu...

turnip. my special long-lost valentine. :heart:

[trucker's atlas]

another one near and dear to my heart...

http://www.dongettyphoto.com/kenya/images/Reticulated-Giraffe.jpg

[Lala]

Originally posted by tremor&yawn
:heart:
They really are pretty awesome.

[candylion]

Originally posted by Sound_of_Silence
:love:

http://www.petrats.org.uk/images/camille1.jpg







:love: that is about the cutest picture of a rat i've ever seen! i used to have pet hooded rats! they are such great pets. but a friend of mine and i dubbed them 'little heart breaks'... you get so attached to them, and they only live about two years... :(

[candylion]

http://www.norwegiancoastalvoyage.com/newimages/puffins.jpg

[Bob]

This is my favourite Animal
http://personales.ciudad.com.ar/jefegor/imagenes/still4.jpg

[candylion]

Originally posted by Bob
This is my favourite Animal
http://personales.ciudad.com.ar/jefegor/imagenes/still4.jpg


mine too! :yes: (but perhaps for different reasons :-o ) :D

[Bob]

Originally posted by candy
mine too! :yes: (but perhaps for different reasons :-o ) :D :therock:
Hi Candy!

[Prosp.]

http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/prani/predators/6083b.jpg

Personal Favourite...

(oh and that's white tigers...didn't realise it was a black and white pic)

[lune]

the lemur

[lune]

the ocelot

[TheKeenGuy]

http://www.trommeslageren.dk/assets/images/readstuff/animal_drums.jpg

[bumbletort]

Originally posted by new monkey
i have many turtles
they are my clan
everyon in myfamily
has turtle things, i have
a tiny silver turtle that
i take with me everywhere

You are a beautiful person.

Our numbers grow. Soon there will be enough to start an island nation. I recommend somewhere in the Galapagos.

Years ago, a girl said to me, you are like a turtle. I said, you must be my turtle wife.

[anti]

http://www.cincinnatidiving.com/Gallery/images/Turks/Pufferfish2.jpg

pufferfish are so cute....i :heart: that little face!

[anti]

i also have a special love for these handsome devils - this one could be the distant cousin of my avian child milo (and he's a green-winged macaw folks, not a scarlet - scarlets are snippy little prima donnas :tongue: )

http://www.acriticaldecision.org/photos-cincinnati-zoo-page-1/macaw.jpg

[PoorTailor]

i like this guy

http://www.wallpaper.net.au/wallpaper/animals/Tree%20Frog%20-%20100x75.jpg

[joely]

Originally posted by bumbletort
You are a beautiful person.

Our numbers grow. Soon there will be enough to start an island nation. I recommend somewhere in the Galapagos.

Years ago, a girl said to me, you are like a turtle. I said, you must be my turtle wife.

:-o

im just me, im not very special

[satisfied mind]

http://www.bnr-art.com/copple/images/tiger.jpg

[Broke]

Originally posted by urmuther
I loves dolphins:) Not only are they cute but they can hold there own against sharks.
Yeah!...in nothing at all like a fair fight.

When you fights ya got to fights fair

[TheDuneDog]

How am I the only one that read this post and instantly thought of Napoleon Dynamite?!? Anyone? Anyone at all? Am I all alone here?
-Paul

[kupo]

Originally posted by Broke
Yeah!...in nothing at all like a fair fight.

When you fights ya got to fights fair

hey, dolphins deserve all the credit they can get. they are very intelligent creatures. sharks are much larger and have those wicked choppers which dolphins lack. it's not that unfair for a few dolphins to gang up on a shark. and did you read the article about a group of dolphins who protected swimmers from a great white.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6565810/

that's freakin' cool. dolphins rule!

[anti]

Originally posted by poortaylor
i like this guy

http://www.wallpaper.net.au/wallpaper/animals/Tree%20Frog%20-%20100x75.jpg

red-eyed tree frogs :love: ....don't get me started on reptiles....

dolphins are strikingly intellegent...more so than many higher apes, i believe. birds are, too. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52566-2005Jan31.html)

money quote: "Pigeons bob their heads while they walk, which makes them look like morons, and so people assumed birds only have the moron part of the brain," Reiner said. "People thought they were stuck with just the instinct part."

:lol:

[nethrin]

the embryonic whale...

or the monkey with no tail

[Sound_of_Silence]

Originally posted by candy
:love: that is about the cutest picture of a rat i've ever seen! i used to have pet hooded rats! they are such great pets. but a friend of mine and i dubbed them 'little heart breaks'... you get so attached to them, and they only live about two years... :(

Yea, that's the only thing that I don't like about rats, they don't live long enough. My first rat died on Christmas Eve of last year and I had a fit 'cause I was so attached to her :(

[pretty_in_pink]

i like baby harp seals :)

[meepmeep]

not sure if my fave, but give these guyz some luv
http://www.polar-challenge.com/images/Press/originals/Polar%20Challenge%20-%20polar%20bear%20too%20close%20for%20comfort.jpg

[kupo]

Originally posted by meepmeep
not sure if my fave, but give these guyz some luv
http://www.polar-challenge.com/images/Press/originals/Polar%20Challenge%20-%20polar%20bear%20too%20close%20for%20comfort.jpg

I'd get torn to pieces before I even had the chance.

[llaurens]

the bonobos....they are so human like! but much much more peaceful....

[llaurens]

:D

[Cacophony]

Originally posted by rely23
another one near and dear to my heart...

http://www.dongettyphoto.com/kenya/images/Reticulated-Giraffe.jpg :D i love giraffes!

[Broke]

Originally posted by kupo
it's not that unfair for a few dolphins to gang up on a shark.

I hear ya. It's just self-defense, right?

[Jonas]

.

[mister misery]

the wookie

[Martjin]

are you aware of this..thing!!! :eek:

[chemgyrl]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
are you aware of this..thing!!! :eek:

wha tha hell?

[Martjin]

again...the superrrr rare Goblin Shark...yuck!

[Martjin]

Originally posted by chemgyrl
wha tha hell?

I was just wroting a song about the Dragonfish and did some research...I came across some monsters from the deep...they are really scary :eek:

it's so fascinating though

[chemgyrl]

that is super creepy now I'm gonna have nightmares

[joely]

yeah thanks i eating dinner at the moment :mad:

[ParentheticalThought]

Naked mole rats!

I don't have a picture (and you wouldn't want me to), but they're cool.

[Martjin]

some fishes discovered last year!!

[Martjin]

*shivers*

[Martjin]

...*BARF*

[hi im skot]

good call, jenn.

[Martjin]

found after the Tsunami

[Martjin]

...weird-ish!!!!!!

[Martjin]

last one for now!

[candylion]

:scared:


sorry that i didn't respond to your message on msn... when i finally saw the message you had already signed off... :darn:

[chemgyrl]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
...weird-ish!!!!!!

that one is actually pretty cool looking, it looks like a squid and a shark got together for some sweet sweet lovin

the rest are skery

[anti]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
...*BARF*

most of these ugly big-mouthed ones look like anglerfish to me....

...they use those extra little wormy antennae-thingies attached to their foreheads to "fish" for other fish....

:)

[Martjin]

Originally posted by anti
most of these ugly big-mouthed ones look like anglerfish to me....

...they use those extra little wormy antennae-thingies attached to their foreheads to "fish" for other fish....

:)

yeah..I wrote this song about them yesterday.

I left the lyrics at someones place though..these are some highlights

I swim under the photic zone
I'm all alone
I'm all alone

I'm an ugly son of a fish
your on my dish
your on my dish

Deep Sea Fish
are really weird-ish
are really weird-ish.

I would like to know
how yoor antenna glows
how your antenna glows

[billib]

Her name is silver.

[Martjin]

maybe not really weird but don't look in the eye too long...it freaked me out!

see I have this fish-fobia ...so I'm confronting myself with these animals at the moment.
I used to have a lot nightmares about fish D:

[billib]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn

...I used to have a lot nightmares about fish D:

After than picture, I may start having fish nightmares! D:

[Martjin]

Originally posted by billib
After than picture, I may start having fish nightmares! D:

it will haunt you foreverrrr :-D


look into his eye..look into his eyeee

[anti]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
maybe not really weird but don't look in the eye too long...it freaked me out!

see I have this fish-fobia ...so I'm confronting myself with these animals at the moment.
I used to have a lot nightmares about fish D:

awwww.....i love your song! :heart:

something tells me you are looking at the wrong kinds of fish....:therock:

i worked at aquariums for several years, and most of the fishes i met either just wanted to do their own thing, or were rather friendly...

for example...one aquarium had a dog-faced puffer named jorge....he looked kinda like this:

http://www.dolphindreams.com/images/Pufferfish-1.jpg

....and jorge looooooved algae and seaweed. every week or so i had to jump in the aquarium and scrub the algae off of the acrylic so people could see the fish, and jorge would follow me around so he could eat whatever i scrubbed loose. he would swim just above my shoulder the whole damn time, lookin' at me with those big funny eyes and waiting....it reminded me so much of a dog begging....he made me laugh :D

[chemgyrl]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
yeah..I wrote this song about them yesterday.

I left the lyrics at someones place though..these are some highlights

I swim under the photic zone
I'm all alone
I'm all alone

I'm an ugly son of a fish
your on my dish
your on my dish

Deep Sea Fish
are really weird-ish
are really weird-ish.

I would like to know
how yoor antenna glows
how your antenna glows


I hope at one point or another you are able to make the statement about fish being delish!

[Martjin]

Originally posted by chemgyrl
I hope at one point or another you are able to make the statement about fish being delish!

hahaha

I will

I'll put you in the credit notes ;)

[Martjin]

heheh...yeah...I worked on it for years..:-D

that's a nice story there :)
I never heard someone talk so passionate about a fish :yes:
...my sisters boyfriend is called Jorge as well and he kinda looks like a dog faced puffer...just a little though.



Originally posted by anti
awwww.....i love your song! :heart:

something tells me you are looking at the wrong kinds of fish....:therock:

i worked at aquariums for several years, and most of the fishes i met either just wanted to do their own thing, or were rather friendly...

for example...one aquarium had a dog-faced puffer named jorge....he looked kinda like this:


....and jorge looooooved algae and seaweed. every week or so i had to jump in the aquarium and scrub the algae off of the acrylic so people could see the fish, and jorge would follow me around so he could eat whatever i scrubbed loose. he would swim just above my shoulder the whole damn time, lookin' at me with those big funny eyes and waiting....it reminded me so much of a dog begging....he made me laugh :D

[chemgyrl]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
hahaha

I will

I'll put you in the credit notes ;)

oooh my first collaboration! probably my first publication too

[anti]

Originally posted by Martjnjijn
heheh...yeah...I worked on it for years..:-D

that's a nice story there :)
I never heard someone talk so passionate about a fish :yes:
...my sisters boyfriend is called Jorge as well and he kinda looks like a dog faced puffer...just a little though.

:spit:


yeah.....as with most animals, fish are my friends..... :-p

(well, sometimes......i wont even tell ya about the time an 8 foot long moray eel named Goober chased me out of the tank....talk about nightmares...:eek:....he was a scary bastard)

http://www.fla-keys.com/diving/graphics/FEFB11.jpg

[thinkimjusthapy]

Originally posted by TheDuneDog
A Liger. It's pretty much my favorite animal. Bred for its skills and magic.

Napoleon D.

I'm not sure if its ture but a girl i know told me that Ligers are actually real animals.... I think I'm just gullible...:-o

[thestoryisinthesoil]

Originally posted by thinkimjusthapy
I'm not sure if its ture but a girl i know told me that Ligers are actually real animals.... I think I'm just gullible...:-o


http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/animals/liger.htm

[tiah]

bunnies!http://www.hash.com/users/navone/PhotoGalleries/MiscMe/image/bunnies.jpg

[tomthumb]

he Martijn here's another lovely fish to add to your collection:

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/images/CANDIRU.JPG


http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/candiru.html


:eek: :eek:

[Postcard]

Originally posted by cowardlylion
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=red+panda/v=2/SID=e/TID=I001_70/l=IVI/SIG=12n7nbc7s/EXP=1108503353/*-http%3A//1stoppostershop.com/products/Impact/Wildlife/im_RedPanda.jpg

that is definately the best picture of those cute cuddle creatures :)

"I wanna walk up the side of the mountain, and walk down the other side of the mountain, i wanna swim in the rivers and, lie in the sun, i'm gonna try to be nice to everyone"

All together now...

I LOVE THIS THREAD

[tiah]

i like the title of this thread. it makes me laugh. so besides bunnies, i like penguins and tigers quite a bit. growing up i was quite fond of koalas,kangaroos, and pretty much any australian animal :D red pandas,too, were well liked.

[mary anne's a bitch]

:O the panda is sooooo cuuuuuute


i like turtles and lizzards... i'm such a desert rat :(

but for more cuddley things i like cats and pugs :D and and and... well i like lots of animals, i can't decide :D

hmmm... you have the soul of a red panda... but what do i have the soul of? :smug:

[tiah]

an armadillo? :therock: i dunno. (i just said that cos they live in arid areas) maybe you have the soul of a caterpillar...munching on leaves and one day turning into a butterfly....? (cos you are a veggie?)

[Toto]

Now this is my kind of thread!

We'll let see I love dogs, cats, birds, and fish cause i've owned them before, but I'm really into hippos at the moment. Actually I have this really great book called The Blue Day Book that has some really cool photos of animals. I'll see if i can scan some of the pictures later and post them. Here's some with text included:


Don't be afraid to bite off more than you can chew.

[Toto]

Be proud of who you are.

[Toto]

Everybody has bad days.

[Toto]

These are miserable days when you feel lousy.

[Toto]

You feel frustrated and anxious.

[Toto]

Which can induce a nail-biting frenzy.

[Toto]

That can escalate into a triple-chocolate-mud-cake-eating
frenzy in a blink of an eye.

[Larkspur]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-7/1051869/icon_arrow_up.gif



Arrrrrrrrrgh!

*head explodes of cuteness*

[SpotlessMike]

My prairie dog is named Dublin. She's fatter than the first one, and thinner than the second. I don't know how to insert pics.

Non-monkey-pox-carrying prairie dogs are the coooooooolest.

[Larkspur]

Originally posted by SpotlessMind
My prairie dog is named Dublin. She's fatter than the first one, and thinner than the second. I don't know how to insert pics.

Non-monkey-pox-carrying prairie dogs are the coooooooolest.

You mean you have one...as a pet?!?
:hate: <-----JEALOUS!!


I have 9 pets; among them two chinchilla girls, who run on a wheel all night long.

It looks kinda like this, although these aren't mine:
http://www.chinguide.co.uk/pictures/mariowheel1MK.jpg

[Toto]

Originally posted by SpotlessMind
My prairie dog is named Dublin. She's fatter than the first one, and thinner than the second. I don't know how to insert pics.

Non-monkey-pox-carrying prairie dogs are the coooooooolest.

Just click on the "Browse" button towards the bottom of the page and select your file.

[tiah]

Originally posted by nfuehgo23
Actually I have this really great book called The Blue Day Book that has some really cool photos of animals.

yeah i saw that book and the other ones at the book store during the holidays . pretty cute.

[mr. dynamite]

usually i am not one for animals
well i like dogs a whole lot
but because they are dignified and stupid

but
chinchillas make me want to cry tears of cute

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/SmallMammals/images/chinchilla.jpg

[Larkspur]

Indeed, the cuteness fairy must have used up all the cute dust slated for the deep-sea fishes when she bestowed the blessings of ultimate cuteness on the chinchilla.

http://www.ellejs-chinchilla.dk/images/udstilling_baby_kazo.jpg

[tiah]

in 5th grade our class pet was a chinchilla. :D Chilly aka ChillyBean. So cute! I wanted to get one for a pet but they are pricey.

[Larkspur]

Originally posted by tiah
in 5th grade our class pet was a chinchilla. :D Chilly aka ChillyBean. So cute! I wanted to get one for a pet but they are pricey.

Adopt! http://www.chinchillarescue.org/rescues.html

They're pretty cheap once you get 'em home...a good cage can be $$ but as far as maintenance they're much cheaper than cats or dogs or bunnies (I have all of the above).

http://steph2304.free.fr/black%20ebony%20homo.jpg

[tiah]

i just meant to buy. i always see them in the $75 range. and i am not allowed to have pets right now. :( except..i am allowed to get a chicken! and i am thinking about it again. today in the movie i watched there was a pet chicken. of course the chicken would have to be outside only...but what about in the winter? :O i have to do a lot of research if I seriously want to consider the chicken as pet idea....

[mr. dynamite]

my mom had a pet duck
it was good friends with their dog

the pictures of it are hillarious.
i always kind of wanted a pet duck for myself

of course, outdoor only.

the dog it was friensd with only had 3 legs, but lots of family tall tales exist about it.

apparently he was really fast and was really smart

my grandma saved his life by finding him in the street

to this day she swears he talked to her.
i believe her, at least that in her mind he talked to her.

his name was bullet.

[tiah]

i want a pet duck,too. but only if i am living in some cottage and i can stomp about in my galoshes in the mud and the duck will follow me around. if this occurs in ireland it gets bonus points.

[Capt Argo]

I'd have to agree with Patrick on this one:
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/231/1462/320/muppets-animal.jpg

These guys would be fun to have around too :rolleyes:

http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/wicketwwarrick/img/movie_bg.jpg

[the Caity Cat]

I'm boring and predictable. My favorite animals are cats.

Especially American short-hair tabbies. There's something about tabby cats that sets them above all others.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/kittens1112/phoenix.jpg

[Larkspur]

I have a particular affinity for bush babies:
http://www.statenislandzoo.org/savanna_files/bushbaby.gif

and sugar gliders (with or without mealworms)
http://www.sugargliderhq.com/fivepackm.jpg

and I've never seen a baby poodle I didn't want to eat for dessert!
http://www.poodleclubsocal.com/nss-folder/pictures/tiny%20toy%20pup.jpg

[SpotlessMike]

Originally posted by Larkkspur
You mean you have one...as a pet?!?
:hate: <-----JEALOUS!!

Yeah, I got her in Connecticut about 6 years ago... they're illegal now and I can't take her to the vet because they'll take her away. I'm worried because she is losing some of her fur, though she is as active as ever, so I'm not too worried.

[Larkspur]

Hmm...but she was legal when you got her? Seems like a nice vet might treat her anyway...but if she's active & happy that's a good sign. Is she bored? It could be she's chewing her fur off. Also, ringworm could be the issue.

I'd call around and test the waters for a friendly vet.

The first time I saw a real live prairie dog was at a wildlife sanctuary in New Mexico--they had a colony and we spent so long staring at them and their cuteness that we almost didn't make it down to Carlsbad Caverns before it shut! (Our tickets are printed for 4:59 and they closed at 5--we took the last elevator down) It would've *almost* been worth missing because the prairie dog cuteness was so intense. Almost!

My mom once told me she saw a show about prairie dogs where these rescue guys were going around removing them from problem areas using a converted septic-tanker truck with a modified padded inside; they sucked the little guys through a tube and they bounced into the chamber until they could be relocated! :eek:

[SpotlessMike]

Originally posted by Larkkspur
Hmm...but she was legal when you got her? Seems like a nice vet might treat her anyway...but if she's active & happy that's a good sign. Is she bored? It could be she's chewing her fur off. Also, ringworm could be the issue.

They made them illegal after a monkeypox scare a couple years back. I'm not going to call around for a vet unless she starts acting different; as of now she's her old cheery self.

They have a prairie dog exhibit at the Detroit Zoo (I live in MI now), and it is awesome. When they come out in the spring, it gets announced on all the local news channels; they're among the most popular exhibits.

I saw this special on prairie dogs, and it turns out they're not just cute, they can be cleverly vicious when they want to be. When a wolf comes around, they send a couple soldiers to coax the wolf into digging into a particular hole, and once he is deep enough, the soldiers spring out from all the surrounding holes and bury the wolf. Now when Dublin is being particularly cute I worry that she is leading me into a spring loaded trap.

[mary anne's a bitch]

Originally posted by tiah
an armadillo? :therock: i dunno. (i just said that cos they live in arid areas) maybe you have the soul of a caterpillar...munching on leaves and one day turning into a butterfly....? (cos you are a veggie?) i didn't expect someone to answer :D

[tiah]

Originally posted by stringgle
i didn't expect someone to answer :D


you should expect the unexpected

[Somebody'sBaby]

an aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaangry :mad: pony, which = zebra

[elisabeth]

Originally posted by tiah
i just meant to buy. i always see them in the $75 range. and i am not allowed to have pets right now. :( except..i am allowed to get a chicken! and i am thinking about it again. today in the movie i watched there was a pet chicken. of course the chicken would have to be outside only...but what about in the winter? :O i have to do a lot of research if I seriously want to consider the chicken as pet idea....

Sometimes chickens are really really mean.
Even when they know you are coming into the coop to give them food and water!
But the babies....
Oh they are so cute.
Even when they poop on you it is cute.

[tiah]

*noted* i probably won't get a chicken any time soon. it is just a thought. if i was committed to my living space for a long time then i would do it but i have no idea what i want to do about all that right now. i would prefer a rabbit and a daschund but i am not getting either of those,either.

[elisabeth]

Maybe *dreams* someday you could live on a big farm with a babbling brook and many many chickens and ducks and bunnies.
And a wiener dog to herd the chickens!
Actually, ducks are cool, and geese too because sometimes they just move right in!
If you have some water near your house, like a stream or a nice clear pond, and a big soft lawn to stretch out and sun on and waddle around, they'll often have their babies at your house! That is cool. They get ornery if you get to close to the little ones -- once some geese attacked my Dad's truck! But they are so pretty!
But foxes come too -- after the little duckies and goslings. Fucking traumatizing. :cry: A headless gosling is no happy thing.

You know what? I think I'd like to run a petting zoo...
When I am an old lady.
Petting zoo docent is a nice addition to my "when I am an old lady" fantasy list. Wanna come?

[e.t.]

Golden Lion Tamarin = best animal ever.

[jean le nègre]

http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/staff/gene/IMAGES/wombat.jpg

[sleeper]

What is that? A wombat? He looks like he got his boys snipped or something!

My favorite animals are probably domestic cats, because I can live with them and I can afford them. When I was younger I used to have a serious menagerie going, with cats, various reptiles, even an opossum and a grey fox. I have a natural affinity for all animals, and am a very good animal handler, with everything except maybe birds. They seem to know I'm primarily a cat person.

I have a very strong affinity for whales and in particular orcas, since I grew up on the Pacific coast. I'm also really good with wild cats and apes, but I don't get many opportunities to work with them nowadays. I'm very opposed keeping wild cats and apes as pets, because it always end up badly for the cat or ape and often for the humans too. All my past work with them has been with rescues, educational programs and sanctuaries.

I'm defintiely an animal person as opposed to a people person.

[Xanadu]

Its gotta be cats for me :cat: I've got one and shes ancient.She does nothing but sleep and eat.Also luv penguins they're so funny and cute and definitely no the brightest LOL.Also I had a dog staying at my house the other week and I have never before met a dog that sneezes when shes excited.It was so funny.