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Loquacious beachcomber
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If you could choose to be a critter of some sort, and not a human, what would you choose to be? And why?
I would probably choose to be an alpacca 'cause they're so gosh-darn cute that they could probably get away with all kinds of crap.
(Alpacca my coat.)
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cattyish
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Cat, and not just to make it easy for people to keep track. They are gorgeous, fierce, self-sufficient, in charge and sleep a lot.
Cattyish, wishing I were agile.
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Og, King of Bashan
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I sometimes think that I would fit in as a dog, because I am already on board with the anti-squirrel and raccoon platform.
But then I remember that part of being a dog is sticking random stuff you just found in your mouth, just to find out what it is. That would take some getting used to...
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balaam
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IF?
Check the avatar.
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Cottontail
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I'd be a squirrel. I have long suspected they are plotting to take over the world, and I'd like to be on the winning side.
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Galilit
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A kingfisher.
Any species.
But if given the choice I would especially like to be one of the hovering diving ones rather than just the perching diving ones.
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Boogie
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I'd be my dog, Gavin - he's so pampered!
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Marvin the Martian
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The majestic eagle. Not only can they fly, nobody fucks with them.
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Chamois
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A dolphin. No boundaries, no territories, just the whole ocean to swim in and play with my friends.
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Mere Nick
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
The majestic eagle. Not only can they fly, nobody fucks with them.
I'd like to be a weasel because weasels don't have to worry about being sucked into jet engines. Besides, being a weasel may help me understand the thinking of certain politicians.
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Sioni Sais
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I'd like to be a bear living on the Alaska/BC coast. I promise not to chase people and there's nothing quite like fresh river-caught salmon.
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moron
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
The majestic eagle. Not only can they fly, nobody fucks with them.
But they have to hunt live stuff. ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
Make me a turkey vulture, anytime.
I also think (anecdotally) the glide ratios are better although I have yet to read any real science on the matter.
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no prophet's flag is set so...
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A penguin. I actually suspect human beings are a first attempt, and a cosmic joke. Penguins were created in the image of God, humans were created in the image of funny. I would ask for opposable thumbs however.
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Og, King of Bashan
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Originally posted by Cottontail:
I'd be a squirrel. I have long suspected they are plotting to take over the world, and I'd like to be on the winning side.
The idea of those overrated rats even thinking themselves worthy of an attempt at world domination disgusts me. This is why I would make a great dog.
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Originally posted by no_prophet:
A penguin. I actually suspect human beings are a first attempt, and a cosmic joke. Penguins were created in the image of God, humans were created in the image of funny. I would ask for opposable thumbs however.
You may be familiar with this song, written after the singer met a woman who had a large collection of penguin related memorabilia.
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Timothy the Obscure
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Otters seem to have a lot of fun.
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St. Gwladys
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Definitly a cat - but only if it would be a much loved and spoiled-rotten one like our pair are. They certainly rule the household and get away with just about anything.
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Lyda*Rose
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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
Otters seem to have a lot of fun.
Me, too! Me, too! I wanna be a sea otter!
I just went to the Aquarium of the Pacific a few weeks ago and got to watch them swim under water in the tank, and listen to a docent give an explanatory talk. The tank was very roomy with lots of rocky holes to swim through, and they had some fun, tough plastic toys to play with for enrichment. They enjoy playing and they are very curious and exploratory.
I asked the speaker whether they ever ate the fish in the tank. She laughed and said when the aquarium introduced live fish to the new otter tank, the otters had a "WHAT THE HECK!?" response. They were all young rescues and had never swum with live fishies before. They worked it out and fish no longer scare them. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
They don't have too many predators, the worst being great whites. They have musky butts with smell and taste that sort of put off many orcas and sea lions once they've tried to eat one.
Ah! to be an otter taking a nap in the kelp after a tasty round of sea urchins.... ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Loquacious beachcomber
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When I was a teenager, I sometimes thought that I would like to be a breeding bull with about 200 cows to service.
What spoiled that dream, however, was that they would be, like, cows!
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Sir Pellinore
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I think many self-confessed studs, at the end of their studding days, tend to realise their many courtships have had a certain animalistic quality about them and the same sort of regard for women as breeding bulls have for cows, which is terribly, terribly sad, Silver Faux. You were fortunate you realised it was the adolescent stage you were going through. Many men never do.
Wolves have always intrigued and interested me. Ditto bears. Pity there so many loony hunters around. I think I'd be a wolf.
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Timothy the Obscure
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
Otters seem to have a lot of fun.
Me, too! Me, too! I wanna be a sea otter!
I just went to the Aquarium of the Pacific a few weeks ago and got to watch them swim under water in the tank, and listen to a docent give an explanatory talk. The tank was very roomy with lots of rocky holes to swim through, and they had some fun, tough plastic toys to play with for enrichment. They enjoy playing and they are very curious and exploratory.
And they can juggle (sort of).
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comet
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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
Otters seem to have a lot of fun.
just last week my family were having a conversation deciding who was what animal, and they decided unanimously that I'm an otter. it had never occurred to me before, but I'd totally be an otter.
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Originally posted by 205:
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
The majestic eagle. Not only can they fly, nobody fucks with them.
But they have to hunt live stuff.
Make me a turkey vulture, anytime.
Bald eagles are carrion eaters when the opportunity arrises. I used to get them in my trash all of the time. a little intimidating to shoo off, believe me.
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Marvin the Martian
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Originally posted by 205:
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
The majestic eagle. Not only can they fly, nobody fucks with them.
But they have to hunt live stuff.
You say that as if it's something I wouldn't enjoy...
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Hail Gallaxhar
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
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Originally posted by 205:
But they have to hunt live stuff.
You say that as if it's something I wouldn't enjoy...
Indeed.
We have a cat.
To a true predator hunting and killing of prey is not just necessary, it is enjoyable.
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Enigma
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I would like to be a giraffe so I could stand in a crowd and still be able to see something other than the armpit of the person in front.
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LutheranChik
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Hmmmm....it's a toss-up between our cat, who rules our home like a dowager empress, and our dog, who is quite possibly the most spoiled pooch on the planet -- her life is an ongoing cycle of sleeping (she is at this moment enjoying her daily "second sleep," which happens after waking up to greet everyone and taking her morning constitutional), getting tickles and hugs and snuggles, eating, running and, once a week, visiting the dog-sitter and her posse of canine friends. Other than the indignity of getting dosed with much despised flea medicine every month and having to go outside to relieve herself, I'm not really seeing a downside to her life.
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The5thMary
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Either I would be an otter or a tiger. Tigers are the only big cats that love water and I love water... and tigers. Otters look like they have so much fun.
Seals are cool, too. I'd be a dolphin but with my luck, the U.S. Navy would capture me and make me detonate underwater mines on ships or something.
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Firenze
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I think I want to be something out of a medieval bestiary, like a chimera or a Unicorn or a hippogriff. I fancy the menace of a tiger, the beauty of a gazelle and the excitability levels of a sloth. Plus the ability to fly.
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Marvin the Martian
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Originally posted by Firenze:
I think I want to be something out of a medieval bestiary, like a chimera or a Unicorn or a hippogriff.
Oh well, if we're allowed those I'll be a dragon please
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Hail Gallaxhar
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moron
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
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Originally posted by 205:
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
The majestic eagle. Not only can they fly, nobody fucks with them.
But they have to hunt live stuff.
You say that as if it's something I wouldn't enjoy...
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
And to add insult to injury this morning I watched a very comparatively small bird annoying a hawk perched on a powerline.
The little shit WOULD NOT leave him/her alone going as far as actual contact while strafing.
(Og: according to an ol' Southern boy I once met squirrels are rats with a presentation.)
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bib
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A chamaeleon so I could fool people most of the time.
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Loquacious beachcomber
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
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Originally posted by Firenze:
I think I want to be something out of a medieval bestiary, like a chimera or a Unicorn or a hippogriff.
Oh well, if we're allowed those I'll be a dragon please
If you can be a Martian, I'm pretty sure that you can also be a dragon; in fact, you could inform us that all Martians are also dragons.
I mean, who is going to argue with a dragon about something like that?
I still would not want to be the worm in a bottle of tequila, though; you have to be dead to qualify, and besides, I prefer rum to tequila.
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Firenze
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Originally posted by Silver Faux:
I still would not want to be the worm in a bottle of tequila, though; you have to be dead to qualify,
Yes, but you would die happy.
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Loquacious beachcomber
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Originally posted by Firenze:
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Originally posted by Silver Faux:
I still would not want to be the worm in a bottle of tequila, though; you have to be dead to qualify,
Yes, but you would die happy.
And you would like me to be prompt about it? ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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Firenze
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In your own time. But if you do die of tequila saturation, you won't half go up with a whoosh at the crematorium.
Ah. Marvin, I've just thought of a way you could get the whole fire-breathing thing going...
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Og, King of Bashan
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Originally posted by Firenze:
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Originally posted by Silver Faux:
I still would not want to be the worm in a bottle of tequila, though; you have to be dead to qualify,
Yes, but you would die happy.
In college one night, I thought I was going to die of tequila saturation. Believe you me, nothing happy about that event. No hospital visit, but I did become quite familiar with my bathroom floor. It was years before I could even smell the stuff without breaking into the sweats.
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Jack the Lass
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No competition. I'd be a sloth (if I wasn't one in my past life I am certain I will be in the next. I'm getting the practice in as much as I can already zzzzzzzzzz).
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angelfish
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Anglerfish (not angelfish)! They are so mean looking, everybody would take me seriously for a change.
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Loquacious beachcomber
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It might be fun to be a Bigfoot and go into a McDonald's or Starbucks, sit down at a table with my laptop computer, and check out what's new on The Ship. Then I could take pictures of facial responses with a cellphone, and upload them to YouTube.
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