Spiders. I have lots of them. I saved many spiders from the bottom of my Friends and Family’s boots.

I should also say I think they’re one of the most ‘intelligent’ arthropods. Look up stuff on the portia spider, quite a little marvel.

I think deer are the dumbest animals. I hate them.

How can you pick just one favorite? I really like great white sharks because they are cool, wombats because they are so cute, gorillas, millipedes, octopus, squid, hydra. I like hydras because our class got to see them eat a ‘water flea’. So cool. Horseshoe crabs too. Choosing is impossible!
A lot of people I know think deer are dumb because they walk out in front of their car a lot or run into their car. I know someone who is terrified of sloths.

Well, i can’t be real specific, but i love snakes. I think the reason being is that pretty much everyone has a sense of fear of snakes, and i think that fear that inhabits my mind drives me to understand them more, and i have a profound respect and love for all things that slither. I find snakes more interesting than let’s say dogs and cats because those seem so ordinary while as snakes have such a ambiguous nature. Whether it be their scaly skin (not slimy), or those glossy almost lifeless eyes, and their undulating movement, snakes win my heart over everytime! what about you inuyasha, what do you think?

Americans are my favorite animals

Terrorists, I hate those animals

LOL.. I guess that is a point of view…

😈 my favorite animal would have to be the golden eagle. Because it’s the biggest eagle in the world and it has the largest wingspan. but for the most part because it’s an animal that you don’t see alot of. And because they are free to go where ever they want they aren’t bound to the ground like man is. 😕

I dont know about the largest eagle…i thought there was another eagle that was bigger…i could be mistaken

this isn’t related to the topic, but does anyone have any idea how someone becomes a junior member? is it how many posts you submit?

Pelicans and rays are my favorite. They’re both native to where I live so I see them all the time but I can never stop watching them. Especially sunset on the bay when the pelicans are feeding and the water is so calm and clear that you can see all the stingrays gathered in groups feeding.

My favorite animals are dolphins 🙂 .. but I actually want to study Primates, but I cant pick a favorite monkey. I have volunteered at a zoo before, & they had Mandrills & squirrel monkeys… The Mandrills were very wild, just amazing to interact with..through the bars of course. lol

Mine are cats…especially cheetahs and leopards 😀
I like cheetah because I like to see it’s aerodynamic body modified for sprinting. I like leopard because they’re the night hunter [usually] which makes it’s prey even doesn’t know who’s the killer [just like assassin !!].

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Oh yea!!! CATS!!! 🙂 They are beautiful. Especially lions. I have 2 cats at home. (not leopard or lion 😆 )

i luv cats too! wild cats like lions, tigers, leopards, etc. i luv wolves, falcons, eagles n other birds of prey. all beautiful creatures that are dangerous. 😀

wolves r dangerous, but very pretty 😉

If you like wolves but you afraid of it’s fierce habits, try a dog, Siberian Husky race, it’s just like a wolf..

Yes it’s true that dogs, cats, teddy bears, have positive images but with all the movies lately such as antz and bug’s life, insects have become a positive image too.

But anyway it’s hard to choose a favourite animal because I enjoy watching or playing with many. My Uncle had lizards and iguanas (not at the same time) and I loved it when he would let me play or feed them. I’ve always had a dog and I love cats too, but I also had a frog (which my dog ate) and lots of fish, crabs, and other sea life from living in a fishing community close to salt water. And I have spent time fishing as well. The different species that were brought up with the pots and nets were different but each very interesting such as flat fish, wolf fish, cat fish, eel, different species of star fish and snails, etc. Every time that I would see something different, if some one couldn’t tell me what it was I found out myself. But if I had to choose a favourite it would be wolves, and the reason is kind of silly. My sister loves Winnie the Pooh, and mom would buy her anything that she seen of pooh. One day she asked me what I liked. At first I was stumped but I said wolves. That Christmas I had 5 wolf calendars and numerous figurines of wolves and my sister gave me a very interesting book on them. I have been collecting and reading up on wolves ever since. I also think the most beautiful dogs are actually hybrids of dogs and wolves.

Siberian huskies are nothing like wolves. Siberian huskies are nice if they are raised in th proper setting they can be very loving and just be lazy until you need or want one to do something then they can become very aggresive. Where as wolves are a very aggresive species to begin with but if you got a pup you could propably train it to like people other than yourself. 😯 I have a siberian wolf mix so I know what they can do. My dog pulled over 1750lbs. at his first wieght pull when he was a year old because he loved to pull wieght.

lol. i think rays r cool too, but i dont like the feel dolphins r wonderful 😀

Wolves are not an aggresive species, they are wild and therefore don’t like to socialize with Humans. They are a highly social animal and are very friendly within their pack. Cross-breding dogs and wolves can be tricky because the wild wolf can be predominant in its personality. But once again ‘wild’ not aggresive.

i think wolves have a rite to be wary of humans cuz people shoot them all the time

wolves memories are quite strong also then…

ok my favorite animal is that cat becouse any time i love,then cat any time is very gentle.

thatz true, they are also very intelligent creatures

submit one more post and you will be a junior member. ok, now back on topic, my favorite animal would have to be the zebra. I like them only because of their unique and cunning skills in the use of their camouflage that is used to confuse the heck out of lions and other predators because of their instinctive ways of isolating out a smaller, younger prey, or an older, less energetic prey, but the zebras do a great job of making predators just run in on the hunt and “make it up as they go”.

The SIAFU is my all time favorite, this very special species of ant has no fears what-so-ever. Between thier ability to use there follow ants as strctures (e.g. ladders or bridges) to the fact that they have to move thier colony almost weekly because they completely ravage habitat after habitat and exhaust thier food supply. Unless you’re a sausege fly (male SIAFU, is help captive, mated with then eatin) life as a SIAFU is good!

Yes, the traveller ant(SIAFU to locals) is considered Africa’s apex predator. Even though they have no venin, they can kill practically anything that stands in their way. There have been several reports of people murdered by these immense groups of female travellers. It is said that the reason why the tasmania forests have no elephants is because the SIAFU killed them(by getting inside their lungs and suffocating them). But still locals consider them a blessing, as they travel along the fields each year and kill all the parazytes they can find…

thats really scary. i dont like to be around vicious creatures

The SIAFU really only attack humans if they get in thier way. While they do have the ability to kill very large animals, they prefere small mammles, reptiles, and insects. I aslo think that the SIAFU make the african ecosystem nearly invunerable to invasive species. Should a new animal make home in the african forrest, they would be quickly delt with by these tiny titans (having no experience with the Traveler ant or how to avoid them). But it makes you wonder, what if the SIAFU entered a new ecosystem?

My favorite animal is the naked mole rat. Naked mole rats are defined as mammals, though they are unable to regulate their core body temperature. Also, they dig with their teeth and use a conveyor system to remove the dirt from their under-construction tunnels. Naked mole rats are native to east Africa, central and eastern Ethiopia, central Somalia and Kenya. Butt-ugly, but very interesting physiologically and socially.

-Jelanen

wow, thats really cool.

moles are very hard working and really useful, too.

i love cat the most,but they said that cats are very stupid,I dont thinh so . They dont like the dog,dogs always agree with evething we teach them ,cats do what they want so they often go away if they dont want to live with you anymore!

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Cats are stupid? 😀 who can say that? Actually they are incredibly clever.

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Oh my god… That is so sweet. Is that your cat, Ozge? Talk about keeping warm..

Yup, I luv it too….but too bad…my mast cell will directly get degranulated as soon as I near the cat…. 🙁

I like dogs more than cats I mean come on:

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My favorite animal is also cat(I have five of them at home) but sometimes they can be weird when you first get them, one of mine did a back flip the day we got it.. 😕 😆

Not mine. I found it somewhere. It is really cute. 🙂
I can put my cats pictures when I got them scanned. I love them. 🙂

i know my intrest is a little stange, but my favorite animal is the giant amoeba ( chaos chaos) i also like penguins. theyre cute , fluffy and pretty smart too. ive hugged a penguin and there is no better sensation.

Hello everyone. My favorite animal(s) would have to be canines. I am obviously a fan of wolves, but I also have some wonderful dogs that continue to astound me with their range of emotions and intelligent behavior. My lab Maggie put on quite an act yesterday. I was shoveling snow from my drive and she was waiting to go in, barking and whining in her usual manner (she wanted to go eat). After a few minutes of this, she came over to me and started hoping around with one paw held up, as if it was cold. After I said “Ok, lets go in” she puts her paw down and walks like normal. Astounding.
Oh, and the largest eagle is the Haring Ibon (Golden is third behind the Harpy Eagle)

awww, there are no reptile lovers here? No snake enthusiasts? sometimes i feel like I’m the only one.

My favourite animals are birds. 🙂

Gonna have to go with River Otters, Gray Wolves or maybe Capuchin monkeys alot more but I cant remember them. I like alot of animals.

omg i totally love penguins because they are so adorably cute!! does anyone like know what the pulmonary circuit is?!

My favourite animals are dogs, specially Molosoid dogs (my favourite breeds are Boxer, Rottweiler, Dobermann, Bullmastiff and Argentine Dogo).

I have a Boxer (female). Here you have some photographs.

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😮 c’mon doesn’t anyone love dolphins around here? u know, those high-intelligence, positively cute mammals.. man, i mean just watching them swimming around and squeaking like kids just melt ur heart.. 😉

Um, do you see one of the dolphin right below my post here??:lol:

Victor, that is a killer wale 😉

[quote="MrMistery"]Victor, that is a killer wale ;)[/quote]

ho.. nice spotting mr mistery! wel, yeah still, high intelligence mammal right? 😉

I know its name is Killer Whale…but, according to some taxonomists, they group it into dolphin, the largest dolphin…

i still think thoses hellish looking things that live down in the twilight zone are really cool. angler fish! gulper eel! yeah!

It meight be considered a dolphin, but it is much less cute than a real dolphin

I think orcas (killer whales) and also dolphins are fascinating creatures and as such are amoung my favourites. I also love the orangutangs and other great apes. If any of you are Terry pratchett fans you may understand why the orangutang of all of them is possibly my number one.

~~buddies alison… hey which type of dolphins do u like the best?? 🙂 just out of interest, u know…

Hard to choose….possibly bottlenose or the rare Irrawaddy dolphin.

😀

How about you?

angler fish! angler fish!

My favorite animal is the rabbit… i’m partial because I own 15 (i sell the babies for quick $…woot!) they are very intelligent and have a whole bunch of personality. yeah, they’re cute, but most ppl don’t realize that there is so much more to the common domestic rabbit…. thank God for these long-eared rodents…lol

What breed do you sell. I like lops and lionheads

they are. they’re in the dolphin family.

i can’t realy pick one fav but i realy like insects.

bobcats, fossa and gyrfalcons are really cool

Still Amoeba 😀

is that an animal? isnt it a protista

but i like Amoeba alot too 😀

it’s a protozoan in a book, it can be an animal in your heart, right Dr.Stein?

Well, Protista is a group that contains plant-like, animal-like, and fungus-like organism. Botanists could claim plant-like organisms into plants and Zoologists could claim animal-like organism into animals as well. Amoeba is Protozoa… zoa… animals 🙂

Paramecium

i like thoghs too 😆
oops i have you avatar should i change it?

Mine…Pyrolobus and Aquifex…:lol:

what are those? Too lazy to search 😆

they’re hyperthermophile archaea..:lol: grow optimum above the water’s boiling point..

Can never get enough Cnidarians, hugh guys?

Off topic: ok i changed my avatar now.
what do you guys think

It’s ok 😉

😳 sorry guys about the previous info..
-Pyrolobus = a Hyperthermophilic archaeon, grows best at the temperature far above the water boiling point.

-Aquifex = a hyperthermophilic bacteria, grows best at about 80 Celcious.

See, and I didn’t know teddy bears were animals!

this is a good post for me! im training to be a vet nurse so i love all animals but my favourites are
dogs, rabbits, hamsters, snakes, all reptiles especially lizards such as leapard geckos, blue tongue skint. so lots really. i dislike creepy crawlies and will only touch them if i have to feed them to reptiles!

Dogs
they give unconditional love.

I have an adorable old man Bearded Collie.

my favorate animal odly is the anaconda because i wish to own one when im older.(plus it can almost fit an entire alagator inside its stomach
😆

Helllo all..I m new in this forum and I m trying to catch some topics..this is one of them 🙂 🙂
My favorite animals are Sea turtles which are really endangered all over the world!!they have 8 species well known..Sea turtles have been existed in this planet last 110 million years but their existences are threatened by human development on the costal and marine zone during the last 50 years.. 🙁

we should do something for them Inuyasha…They really need us and need protection like many many animals in the world!!

My favorite animal is the cat. I myself have a pet Siamese cat. I have posted a picture of him. He is about 4 years old and has lovely blue eyes.

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Yes everyone, post your pets here.

Mine. His name is Mikey 😉

my favourite animal is the cat (Felis catus). but, since i work with spiders and snakes, it wouldn’t be fair not to mention them 😆

rats are very smart.
Mikey looks like my rat i used to have.
I rescued him from abusers.

I will send a pic of bud man as soon as I figure out how 😳

I love cats because they’re one of just a few species that absolutely refuse to be mastered by humans. Love them or hate them, you have to admire their independence.

yeh im with linn…how do you put the pic on because i can only do this from a website and not from my PC….HELP please

I did the photo-bucket thing and
I can insert in e-mail but still cant insert here.
Its becuse I have AOL
and my kids said I have some kind of block.
My kids have to come over and show me how. 😳

I am from the dark ages of computers you know.
still learning.
but I really feel sorry for one of my older professors,
she is worse than me 😆
she has to have the students help her 😆
any way I have a Bearded collie(sheep dog)
and Koi in my pond. the Koi all have names too.
and they eat out of my hand.
they make the grankids laugh
cause it tickles when they eat out of their hands
and nibble their toes.

yes love or hate

some cats I love some I hate.
but I have rarely met a dog I didnt like.

Siamese cats are really cool though I think smarter too

I love cats, i have two at my parents
this is rufty (i didnt name him!) we dont know how old he is because he came from the cat rescue and they said he was about 8 but the next year the vet said he was about 6 and the vet still recons hes about 8 and its 6 years later! He pretends to be grumpy but really he likes a lot of attention and cuddles!
I cant get a pic of my other cat on 🙁

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I am sure. but was it depressing when you had to put them to sleep when no body wants them?

My cousin used to work at one, and he ended up adopting a lot of dgs that were heading for the incinerator. 😥

thats why they say spray and neuter

😯 Sqawk box that cat is huge! or is it the fur.
so pretty!

what kinds of things did you do and how many hours did you usually work a week?

I used to have a cat like that. His name was Chunk and he was less fluffy. I miss my Chunky 😥 .

chunk is such a cute name! 🙂
Alex do you have any other pets now?
sorry if you posted one I looked for a few pages but to many posys! 😆

Cats can be good "watch dogs" too
I heard of them attacking burgulars they "pounce" on their neck like a lion and bite ouch!

Yes linn my cat is huge! And then hes really fluffy as well which makes his look really huge!
My other cat is small for a full grown one so when they sit next to each other (which is rare) he looks even bigger 😆

But between them they are the bosses of the neighbourhood cats 😀
And theyre so sweet when they work together in fights 😈
Even the alsation over the road is scared of my Rufty! 😆

Yes, its certainly funny to see dogs being afraid of cats. Some dogs im my estate are also afraid of my cat! 😆

Anyway, here’s another picture of my cat which i saw fit for St.Valentine’s Day.

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"we are siamise if you please" 😆

really,
i love these cats they are so beautiful and very smart

Yes, i have seen dogs run from cats with tails tucked. so funny!

And my dog loves cats, but he is afraid of them 😆

If i were a dog and saw those claws I would run too!

I am still trying to get a picture to post here 🙁
😳 I dont know how. Sqauwk what did you do?

Well at the bottom of the post you are typing, there is this section called "Add an Attachment"

What you should do is click on "Browse…", locate your file and then click "Add Attachment". Once that is done, you can submit your post. Is that clear?

Navin thankyou so much
😳 😳 😳

But I think I did try that before, AOL doesnt allow it .
file has to be
from photo bucket I guess.

Ok Iwill send a pic of my "babys,
later,
Lynne

OK here go’s……
this is the Bud Man!

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And this is my Koi

the dark orange one is beauty:

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This is Rosie (named by my granddaughter)

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We named my cat Chunk because, when he was born, he was much fatter than the other kittens. He became quite the fat cat, totally bullying the other cats and even challenging human authority to become the "alpha male" of the house. He was also extremely intelligent. If the other cats were fighting, he’d always break it up if it looked like one of them was getting hurt. He would sit at the entrance to the kitchen and make sure none of the other cats disturbed me while I cooked. I always cooked a little extra meat for the cats and he must’ve figured out that he had to wait until I was done, and the other cats’ impatience was only slowing me down! He also had an annoying habit of waking me up exactly five minutes before my alarm, no matter what time it was set for. And he would slap people, sometimes to get what he wanted and sometimes just for fun. He loved to play with my fiance’s hair and he loved playing in boxes. God, I miss that cat!

Sadly, our landlord does not allow pets. That’s why we had to give him away. But we gave him to someone who we know for a fact takes care of his pets, so I am at least glad to know he’s in a good and happy home.

Chunk is a cool kitty 8)
I laughed about the slapping people part 😆

My moms cat used to do that
and when one of my kids was little, she slaped her.
My daughter started crying and said " missy spanked me" 😥

That cat used to pee on the pot too. 😆

The first time we let my little cat out of the house when she was a kitten she stood in the middle of the road and a car was coming along so my older cat ran out into the road and cuffed her round the head and pused her to the side, it was so cute, the driver was laughing at him! 😀 Also he used to stick up for her when she was a kitten and getting bullied by another cat, he realy cares about her but they always fight inside the house 🙁

that is so cute! 🙂 risked her life too.
I think there is so much that we do not know about animal thinking process. I think cabable of more than is currently thought.
I remember reading a story in the readers digest about how deer dicipline there fawns by withholding affection.
And sometimes animals behave better than people.

Chunk’s favorite phrase was, "Is Chunk gonna have to smack a (explicative term for a female dog)?"

We also rather irreverently changed the phrase, "The power of Christ compels you!" to "The power of Chunk compels you!"

I think Chunk’s greatest ambition in life was to take over the world and have everyone worship him like they did in ancient Egypt. I regret ever giving that cat a history book.

too funny 😆
Alex 😆 😆 😆

I have a winter picture of bud
if any one wants to see it.
I just took it the other day.
but i dont want to be a forum hog. 😳

I love dogs… Just not mine… A chihuahua, minerature picscher, and a matlese… My step-mom spoils them and they take a fancy in marking their territory on my bed and pillow… Not my favorite pastime…

i love puppies and all type of insects. i like keeping insects and not to talk otf playing with them. i have made my children to take puppies as family members . i and my team we intend to develop our breeding strategy so that we can be shipping all breeds of beetle ,crickets, flies, butterflies of all colours etc. with puppies we have good breeds such as bulldogs, wolf dogs (these breeds give birthto atleast 9 puppies at a time. i would like that any interested buyer can show up through my email divinenyamka@yahoo.com. i’m also looking for some one interested in any breed of beetltes. those are my favourite mammals.

I really want to have my own St.Bernard. I magine to bring him walking to the park aww it would be awesome 🙄 🙂

Me? I like sparrowhawks and budgies the best, although all animals I like. yes, even snakes and spiders!

My favourite animal is HORSES all the way baby. LMAO. msg me on horseland.com my player number is 1910783

i like ALL animals cept one….humans

i hate flies everyone laughs at me for being scared of flies and not spiders but i think its dafter to be scared of spiders cos spiders are really cool and interesting and also they eat flies which is an added bonus 🙂

And they eat mosquitoes too! That’s a real bonus down here in the swamp, where we have about ten mosquitoes for every person on earth born every day! And dragonflies eat them too, which is why we also call them mosquito hawks. Long live the mosquito-eating creatures! 🙂

how many years do u have ta do a course on a zoology to get a degree in it??? does ane one know???

Depends what kind of degree. I assume it’s the same as most other degrees, four years for a BS.

k thanks for that coz i wasnt to sure myself

Really? Whats BS stand for, is it a science degree cos im doing a BSc HBio in 3 years which is standard in england except for things like medicine and law which you could do forever

BS = Bachelor of Science

There’s another meaning for bs, but if I said it I’d be banned from the forum. Oh, well. 8)

I tried to load a pic of Chunk the Cat, but .bmp files don’t work! 😥 Does anyone know how to change the file format?

Chunk the Cat? What is that? 🙄

Change the file format = convert, I use ACDSee, so simple 8)

Chunk is a black cat whom I could show you if only I can get the file to upload. 😥

Okay, I still can’t my pics into the forum, but I’ve got them up on my personal website in case any of you want to see the great and powerful Chunk the Cat. 8)

Ooh I want to see chunks!

Alex try photo bucket

Linn and Dr. Stein, I tried both your suggestions and can’t get it to work. My photo editor can’t convert files and I have no idea what photo bucket is. Please excuse my computer illiteracy. 😥

Go to photobucket.com and register and then upload your pictures and then you’ll find the url and stuff right under them…

TIGERS all da wae

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE (elks for those who dont know and alces alces for those who want to be scientific)

=D

Alright, thanks for the help. Here’s Chunk:

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they are really SOFT! 🙂

Hey You drew those pics?
they are very good.
My brother likes drawing that too.
Lynne

Buddy likes to stick his face under the snow

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didnt you get more than us the last storm?
I am the pickle in the middle between NYC and Boston
in Springfield. home of baskball hall of fame and the Indian motorcycle

Have you ever visited?
its only 3 hrs from you.
I cant wait for winter to be over,
Saturday we are having 60Fdegrees!!!
Iam pysched!

far buds cute isnt he !!!! i love dogs ae !! there jiz sumthing bout then dat u no there gona b there for u and u’ll be there for them
😀 well das wot i think i love ma 3 dogs ta bits could neva b without them!!!! how many dogs do ppl hav in hea?

Laughingangel,
can you post a pic of your dogs I would like to see them. what kind R they?

Buddy is a bearded collie;
http://beardie.net/bcca/

He will soon be 16 years old!
He was a gift from God.
So perfect. protective but not vicious
and highly intelligent.
I will miss him so much whan he dies

Yes
We need to see your pets now!! 🙂

I have two ferrets, talk about crazy memories. Once i had my two escape artists get out of their cage, find a way into my sisters room, get inside her bean bag chair, and spread the foam balls alllllll over my house ugh *_*

China sounds awesome! The farthest I’ve been was Hawaii and I was like, 4½ when I went! I think my favourite animal(s) has to be the big cat family. And the canis lupus. Cute! Very cute animals! I have pictures of a lion growling at a zookeeper.

Good times..