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Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: poogie on April 25, 2004, 09:34:44 PM
If you could be any animal on this planet, besides human, what would you be and why? (If you have more than one favourite feel free to list it and the reason.)

/P  :twisted:


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Morild on April 26, 2004, 12:26:54 AM
I would like to be a spider, not just any spider but a black widow  :twisted: not because I have an urge to eat men after, eh.. well you know what.. But it would probably cure my arachnophobia :D


Title: Animal
Post by: Yavathol on April 26, 2004, 12:41:02 AM
The first thing that comes to mind is quite simple.

I'd want to be my dog, she has the life!
She's not too spoiled, but people do feed her steak bits from time to time, and those daily hikes through the hills chasing rabbits.  Yeah, that would be the life.


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Yberiel on April 26, 2004, 01:50:47 AM
If I would be an animal of any kind, it would be a black panther. Why? They are their own, does not count on anyone else, they watch the surroundings carefully, checking things out before they act and that is sort of what I do too. Specially when it comes to places I have never been at, and people I never met before. When I feel comfortable with the surroundings I can relax and just exist...


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Carrion on April 26, 2004, 02:11:51 AM
Some kind of cat comes to mind, perhaps even just a normal domesticated house cat. That said, a cougar or something more wild sounds a bit more sexy, doesn't it?


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Dissectica on April 26, 2004, 04:51:18 AM
I like catanimals very much so I would really like to be a catanimal of some kind...dunno exactly which one. I think the lynx may be one of the most pretty cats ever...so perhaps that would be my choice. Otherwise I guess I could be a bat also...kind of cute little bastards  :wink:


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Vehement on April 26, 2004, 05:01:07 AM
I think I'd favour being one of the most noble animals there is - a donkey.


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Longstrider on April 26, 2004, 06:39:14 AM
If I were to be an animal, what would it be? Hmmm.  Perhaps a deer, no wait, they get shot or run over by large trucks.  Perhaps a polar bear, no wait - they are starving to death due to global warming.  Maybe a salmon, no wait between acid rain and overfishing they're a dying breed too.  Maybe a phytoplankton, that should be safe.  No wait, the hole in the ozone layer is killing them off too due to UV radiation.  Hmm, if they phytoplankton all die, what does that mean for the rest of us animals?

I guess I'd rather just be me, seeing as how everything else doesnt really stand a chance these days.


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Qwer on April 26, 2004, 08:42:28 AM
An elephant perhaps? They are so huge, and they seem to have a pretty simple life, without any stress. I just like the way they look on TV. :)
A squirrel? (I was thinking of Ice Age :D ). I should just be concerned about food, that's all (however, that might be a tough job).
Hmm, being some less peaceful animal could be nice too, like a wolf or a buffalo. But only if I knew that I'll be the l334 one that pwnz all the others. :)


Title: Turtle power!
Post by: iznogoud on April 26, 2004, 08:50:55 AM
I definately want to be a turtle.. Scoot the waves and just relax throughout my entire life.. Without any real worries except finding food and an occassional mate.. Life at its best?  :)


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Kherec on April 26, 2004, 11:25:09 AM
Very simple choice for me -- An eagle, or otherwise large bird who can soar high up in the skies.


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: garetjax on April 26, 2004, 11:46:59 AM
For me, that'd be the dolphin (tropical variety, not any of those arctic ones).  Gliding around the warm waters effortlessly.  Surfing the occasional wave.  Beating up the local bully shark.  How sweet would that be? ;)


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: ladychris on April 26, 2004, 12:02:06 PM
Definitely a cat. They have no master, they choose who is worthy of their affection, they decide of their own lives... aaaaaand ever seen a cat sleeping in the sun? Could you imagine anything more relaxing?


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Snafu on April 26, 2004, 03:45:40 PM
I'd just want to be a little yellow puppy laying in a patch of sun. Ah the life, just gotta keep an eye out for my owner sneaking up on me.

/Snafu :D


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: poogie on April 26, 2004, 06:04:03 PM
GJ and Kherec beat me to the dolphin and eagle answers. I would want to be a bald eagle because it would be so amazing to soar through the sky plus as an American that's the symbol of the United States.
I'd also love to be a dolphin because you can swim through the ocean and dive deep down yet you can shoot up into the air, out of the water....it must be exhilerating.
My third choice would be a trumpeter swan. I read The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White when I was a kid and it's still one of my favourite books to this day.
All three of those animals get to experience a freedom that eludes us as humans. We can simulate it somewhat but it really will never even be close.
/P


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Labyrinth on April 26, 2004, 06:41:56 PM
I'd definately want to be a bird, because I've always wanted to fly  :D


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Allyene on April 27, 2004, 09:04:15 PM
Hmm, being a vampire, I'd go for the White Shark I suppose.
Geez... those fangs makes even me jealous.  :twisted:

Nah, Since I have a pretty obvious weakness for cats, (I keep 3 little furballs, and would gladly have more), I suppose that's what I would like to be.


Title: A seagull
Post by: Elladan on April 29, 2004, 05:35:11 PM
I'd want to be a seagull. All due to Richard Bach and "Jonathan Livingstone Seagull" or JLS for short. It seems like a neat life. Eating fish and flying. I could do that.


Title: ooooo
Post by: Ahriah on April 29, 2004, 06:19:07 PM
A dolphin by far, I actually have 5 dolphins on my body in various places, and and amzing collection of them sitting around my house. As Garetjax put it, it would be the epiphony of me. If going beyond that I would be a squirrel, ever since seing the insurance commericial of the 2 squirrels causing the car accident I have had a keen sense of appreciation for the wee little devils  :twisted:


Title: 26 April 2004
Post by: Cogliostro on May 06, 2004, 04:15:45 PM
I'd have to agree with Kherec and Labyrinth on this one... a bird, most likely an eagle.