Animal Parellel Self?

[ShadowTiger]

Have you ever thought about such (amazingly odd) things like, which animal would best represent you?

Like, ... if every human being on Earth suddenly turned into the animal that best represents them, which animal do you think you'd turn into? Yes, I suppose it can be a "fictional" animal, if that's really how you think you'd be best represented. If you have the reasons and/or characteristics, then why deny such a thing?



Personally, ... Cat. Some sort of large feline beast. I've got the fangs, I've got the giddy jumpiness and stupidity-inspired dexterity.

You?

[NERD]

I would LOVE to be a whale shark. Big enough that nothing will ever make a quick snack out of me when I'm fully grown, yet eating nothing but planktons. Not to mention that I have nothing to do but to cruise around the world.

[ShadowTiger]

I would LOVE to be a whale shark. Big enough that nothing will ever make a quick snack out of me when I'm fully grown, yet eating nothing but planktons. Not to mention that I have nothing to do but to cruise around the world.lol, that would be awesome. (Though, I think if you did stop, you'd die. :p XD Correct me if I'm wrong though.)

Damn planktons. Think they're so hot. >:-/


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^^^ Kidding. ¬ ¬.'

[Jay]

If we're talking about the bestest baddest thing you can imagine, then I'd say I'd have to be a big cat with the tail of a scorpion, the speed of a cheetah, the endurance of a camel, the stealth of a tiger and the grace of a common house cat. (Jeez, imagine the kind of animal that'd be...)

Other than that, yeah, like NERD said I'd like to be some big cruisy fish that's not going to get eaten, so I can go swimming around and see all the reefs in the world. Or something like that.

[Soli]

I'd be a bird. Like this one:
Birdy (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0WwAcA6weRNzrqg314lUPlZtedeJIRAegVJg5uZRXdwxzkmOzd CclVEDTREQG8T5!wKU4C*!rUs6NJbwQ3JSB*Q65oNwmaD3rFa5 kZ271Ww6M9a2zOsF7Ha9jUeVhiT5W38SlRIdZR*M/cattymeowlightupmylifeSMv.jpg)

[Jay]

Is it a cat! Is it a bird! No, it's some weird screwed up combination we like to call a CIRD!

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What?

[ShadowTiger]

Cird is better than Bowl. ;)

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That sounded more like "bowel" to me when I had thought it up. -_-

[Soli]

That's a very good site. I love looking at all the pictures. :D http://www.humandescent.com/index3.shtml

[Praetorian]

Oh no! You're not a furry are you?


Anyway. I'd be like a Velociraptor, like Barney the Purple Dinosaur.


Either that or a really cool lion.

[ShadowTiger]

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http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0WACXAtUdzIf2!ekiwAPGekAqzbVfUHMyT6qHU9gSA4tQxsATK GuaVFPHS9bCK1eMG9H6kdfnFAicMI75tuk*C6fXGVWOj*FdYGR 8xHwNtaUoHD*AAb1!Py90W11tOgq8SgAAAP****8/frrrrruuuiiitttyyyySMv.jpg
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Oh no! You're not a furry are you?... ... Aaaaand what's wrong with that? :-3

[Loc]

Hmm, probably a lion or a tiger...I'd type out similar qualities but I'm lazy...like a lion so...*sleeps*

[NERD]

lol, that would be awesome. (Though, I think if you did stop, you'd die. :p XD Correct me if I'm wrong though.)


I am not an expert, so I don't know- not all sharks die when they sink to the bottom though-

Like other fish, sharks extract their oxygen from seawater as it passes over their gills. Due to their size and the nature of their metabolism, sharks have a higher demand for oxygen than most fish and they cannot rely on ambient water current to provide an adequate supply of oxygenated water. If a shark were to stop swimming, the necessary water circulation for respiration would become too low and the animal could suffocate. Some sharks, like the Blacktip Reef Shark and Nurse Shark, can pump water over their gills as they rest. There are also known instances, such as in certain caves along the Yucatan coast, where sharks of varying species rest on the cave floors and allow the fresh water outflow to pass over them. The outflow is strong enough to allow for respiration, and it is believed that the reason for this behaviour is that the fresh water helps remove certain parasites. Also, unlike other fish, sharks do not have gas-filled swim bladders, but rather rely on an oil-filled liver for (limited) buoyancy, so they sink when they stop swimming; a resting shark always sinks to the sea bed.

That's probably where you got the idea. I think the whale sharks are just too big, and cover so much distance/depth that it is hard to study them in the wild.
They are not great swimmers though.

I recently got to see two juvenile whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium, and the sight of them just blows you away.

[Dresh]

I would definately be a mongoose, no doubt about it. These guys eat snakes just because they're bored, and are even immune to most snake venoms. I'd have to leave the mainland US though because for some stupid reason they're completely illegal here, even in zoos. :/

If we're talking about the bestest baddest thing you can imagine, then I'd say I'd have to be a big cat with the tail of a scorpion, the speed of a cheetah, the endurance of a camel, the stealth of a tiger and the grace of a common house cat. (Jeez, imagine the kind of animal that'd be...)

It makes me think of a Manticore. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Dresh/manticore.jpg)

[Komachi Angel]

Wolf.

Most definitely.

[Quartermaster]

Jackal.

Or is that jackass?

[dzee]

CAT.

because i'm lazy. and i just exist to sleep and eat. and i like to people-watch, especially interesting ones. i only pretend to be nice; my claws are hidden and can come out unexpectedly. and i go crazy sometimes like noW RARRRARRRRARRRR.

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH! CAT AND MOUSE! GAME.

[mamba]

I would probably be a bear i would have thought. a grizzly bear though, not one of those pansie endangered pandas :p

[Psychochink]

Oh no! You're not a furry are you?

The avatar says furry to me...

So far be it for me to encourage anything smacking of furry-ness (as opposed to furriness), but leopard. Single most adaptable land predator in the world.

[Shamu]

I don't know, I think I'd either be a hawk (probably because I've been compared to Michelle Pfifer's character in "Lady Hawk" :p ) or a horse (mostly because I'm alot like my chinese zodiac). I guess I'd be most like a horse, because I'm very flighty and timid, but when you gain my trust, I'm loyal and would carry someone anywhere (not literally!).
Meh, I don't really know though ;)

[TheWOLF]

isn't it obvious?

[Joe]

Man, Prae, you're slow on the uptake eh? I spotted the furry a mile away. And to the rest of you, the furry has you wrapped around his hermy finger ;)

To the furry : Good job, got them thinking outside the box =)
Oh and....
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[Psychochink]

I don't know dude, could be a plushy, it's hard to tell (although I fail to see the difference, I'm told there is one)...

Related topic: Deleted due to oversensitivity

(So I'm feeding the animals, sue me, it's amusing to watch.)

[NERD]

What's this commotion about 'furry'?

[Psychochink]

I would definately be a mongoose, no doubt about it.

I can't be the only one that heard a little, squeaky voice saying, "I wanna be a mongoose!"..."Can I be a mongoose-dog?"

"Shut up, GIR."

[Psychochink]

What's this commotion about 'furry'?

Google is your friend, hehe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom

Bugger, DP.

Response to below to avoid posting too much:

Well, I know what it is about, so... again, what's the big deal? People are being freaked out by ShadowTiger or something?

I could care less.

Neither could I. Mind you, I think furries have some psychological issues that need sorting out, but unless I'm being paid to care, I won't. Like I said, I'm feeding the animals to watch the outcome (there's a choice of analogy for you).

[NERD]

Google is your friend, hehe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom

Bugger, DP.

Well, I know what it is about, so... again, what's the big deal? People are being freaked out by ShadowTiger or something?

I could care less.

[jindojim]

Related topic: If you could have sexual relations with any animal, what would it be?

Horrible...

If I could be an animal, I would be Godzilla. Or a lion cuz then I could sleep all day.

[Ceirnian]

If I could be any animal I would be a Human.

...oh wait.

[Quartermaster]

Who knew it was a furry-related question from just the topic?

[Jynx_lucky_j]

first of all there is nothing wrong with furries they are more or less just like anyone else. In fact you wouldn't even know one if they didn't tell you or make it overtly obvious. And just like any group of people there is a great deal of varaity it the types of people who are furries. Being a furry can range from thinking your actually an animal trapped in a human body, togetty of to anamorpic pornography, to feeling an affenity to certain animals, to just thinking anamorphs are kinda cool. For those that don't know an anamorph is a half-human/half-animal. Most people who have something against furries got exposed to some of the worst and most flagrant types, and for a prejudice assuming they they are all the same. Essentailly like almost every other prejudice.

Anyways I would probily be a ferret, or maybe a grey fox.

[Quartermaster]

Do furries taste like their animal? Were I to eat a cow furry, would that be cannibalism or hamburgerism? Any furry out there want to try this?

[Joe]

Jynx, no one was inferring that there was anything wrong with furries, don't try and start an arguement, same goes for you Nerd. I've been looking at your posts, and you're a muckraker.

[Quartermaster]

Further questions: What happens if a fox-guy meets a rabbit-guy? Are they required to hate each other? Is the fox guy compelled to kill and eat the rabbit guy or would he make a lame excuse like "Eating meat is wrong and now that I'm a human I can make those choices"?

Are there crustaecuous furries? If somebody thought they had Dr. Zoidberg, or any other animal from another planet we haven't contacted yet, inside of them, would they be a furry?

Can there be a T-rex furry? How about a single-celled bacteria furry?

If you are familiar with the game Manhunt, is Piggsy a furry?

Do furries lick their own assholes to clean themselves?

[Psychochink]

Fine, fine. Seeing as how some people seem to have a stick up their ass about the topic, I'll remove my earlier question. I have noticed that furries tend to be fairly militant in their defence of their lifestyle, though.

It's a subculture which is, quite frankly, pretty out there. Learn to recognise that you're not 'normal' in any given sense of the word and to make fun of yourself. Personally, I think the instant uber-defensiveness that (most) furries have about the topic says something significant right there.

People are going to think that your lifestyle choices are weird, accept it.

What did NERD say wrong? You mean me, perhaps?

[Joe]

Yes, you're a fool as well, but he's a muckraker, dammit, I've seen it before.

[Quartermaster]

If you're referring to the RWPW thread, that was just a joke.

[Jon885]

I might be a turtle because I'm slow. Actually turtles can be pretty fast when they want to be.

well the baby ones can.

[Jynx_lucky_j]

I wasn't attacking anyone, I meant for it to be an informitive post for those that don't know anything about furries. If I was directing the comment at anyone i would have qouted them or at least mentioned their name. People DID infer that there was something wrong with furries, I can qoute them if you can't find them, so I desided to post an alternitive perspective. And because you think someones lifestyle is strange doesn't make it ok to make fun of them. They should just learn to live with it because their differant? People used to say the same thing about gays and blacks but i'm sure most people today would agree that it is not ok.

...and just incase, due to misinterpitations...this post is direct to both Joe and Psychochink about their reponses to my post. I'm not attacking them. And the one would probily be just a bit on the annoyed side. (<-- these days I'm starting to thing every post should include one of these :rolleyes: )

[NERD]

Yes, you're a fool as well, but he's a muckraker, dammit, I've seen it before.

muckraking |?m?k?r?ki ng | noun

the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way : candidacy was threatened by her opponent’s muckraking | as [ adj. ] a muckraking journalist.

I was merely asking a question, and you call me a muckraker? I can't be one anyway, given there are no famous people here. Give me three reasons why I should be called a muckraker, and I'll accept the charges.

[Snake eyeS]

Last year we had to do some sort of weird game where you tell someone which animal you thought he would be best.. then back it up as to why that animal reminded you of that person.

They told me i was a gorilla, big, strong and understanding eyes.. ofcourse this is a load of bullshit because the girl that had to describe me kind of had a thing for me... but its about the best compliment i've ever received. the teacher was blown away that most of the other girls agreed, ofcourse i walked on air for the rest of the year, knowing that my fellow female students saw me as a protective understanding strong gorilla :)

So ye, ill be the gorilla in this game.

[Cogboy]

As far as the difference between furries and plushies i don't think there really is one. The big difference would be with zoos. i'm sure someone else can elaborate on that one.
anyway, just to get this out of my system:

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[raydude]

I'd be a dolphin
http://degaff.net/~respiritu/images/0026369-R1-017-7.jpg

And get to play around and eat. I get to call on my pack for backup if any sharks come around too.

[rush]

No doubt about it, I'd be a wolf.

[Psychochink]

And because you think someones lifestyle is strange doesn't make it ok to make fun of them. They should just learn to live with it because their differant? People used to say the same thing about gays and blacks but i'm sure most people today would agree that it is not ok.


Hell no, don't just learn to live with it, embrace it! Let's look at gays as a perfect example. I don't know about you, but the ones that get right up my nose are the ones who get all defensive about people's perceptions of them. For that matter, and from anecdotal evidence, I'd say a majority of the gay community agrees with me. For example, let's take the gay guy that gets all bent out of shape at the word 'fag', and start ranting off on some tangent. On the other hand, let's take the one who laughingly calls himself a 'fag' and runs with it. Which one is a better ambassador for the gay community?

I'm also an Aussie, and 'taking the piss' is part of our culture (i.e. making fun of, or mocking, somebody). Most often it's done in a friendly way, sometimes it's a little more caustic. But in either case, the fastest way to lose the respect of everyone in the room is to get pissy about it. Conversely, even if somebody is legitimately having a go at you, reacting well to the teasing will often garner you grudging respect. Oversensitivity will quickly get you branded as a wanker.

[Yes, this is generalising, but generalisations/stereotypes exist for a reason]

So I'm a 'Nazi chink' (my handle is the sanitised version due to not wanting to explain myself over the internet incessantly. I'm half German/half Chinese.), another mate of mine is a 'towelhead', another one was a 'fag', another (very metrosexual) one is a 'closet homo', etc.

[xileh]

And because you think someones lifestyle is strange doesn't make it ok to make fun of them. They should just learn to live with it because their differant? People used to say the same thing about gays and blacks but i'm sure most people today would agree that it is not ok.


HAHAHHAHA YOU JUST FUCKING COMPARED FLAK THAT FURRIES GET ON THE INTERNET FOR BEING SOCIAL-RETARDS WITH A HUMOROUS FETISH AND A PERSECUTION COMPLEX TO LEGITIMATE RACISM AND PREJUDICE.

Get real. Do furries seriously wonder why people think that they're odd?

I don't have a problem with people having a fetish, or believing that there is an animal soul trapped inside them for whatever reason. The whole 'fursecution' thing is why I think furries are, for the most part, fucked up... The few furries I've met who have a good sense of humor about themselves are, oddly enough, the ones who aren't socially retarded, have friends who are not furries, and don't feel that furries are endlessly and relentlessly persecuted.


Edit: I would be a dolphin, since dolphins are the only other creature which is self-aware and not being self-aware would suck.

Edit #2: "SOMETHING AWFUL DOT COM *PUNCH*" ;)

[xileh]

As far as the difference between furries and plushies i don't think there really is one. The big difference would be with zoos. i'm sure someone else can elaborate on that one.
anyway, just to get this out of my system:



Furries fuck people dressed up as animals.

Plushes fuck stuffed-animals

Zoophiles fuck animals.

[Fallen Angel]

I think I would be something like an Arctic Fox. I like cold places and meat, I'm often hiding some food in my room so I can eat it later, etc...

[FireWolf238]

I would defenitly be that main guy from Full Metal Panic, season 2 i think. I'm just the type of guy who always links everything to firearms, and i memorize balistics charts when i'm bored

[Cogboy]

wait, so anime characters are animals now?

[kyaa the catlord]

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... ... Aaaaand what's wrong with that? :-3

Um, how long do you have?

[Jay]

Well said. :D

[FireWolf238]

wait, so anime characters are animals now?

srry, misread the topic....as for animal i'd have to a wolf...note my nick:)

[ShadowTiger]

... *Rushes back to the topic after a small absense* ... ... *Looks thoroughly stunned* ... ...

I really thought people would be able to handle themselves better. > >.' How embarrassing.

Fine, fine. Seeing as how some people seem to have a stick up their ass about the topic, I'll remove my earlier question. I have noticed that furries tend to be fairly militant in their defence of their lifestyle, though.And now we know why. ^_^'' ... ... Oy. -_-

[more cheerios]

Furries are bread on IRC, I swear to god. My one friend is a furry. (Whom is not a social reject, accepts that his 'subculture life' is wierd and does not bitch endlessly about being 'fursecuted' for 'who he is. He realizes its a fandom and not a lifestyle, thank GOD.) He has this IRC Chat Room he goes to sometimes... holy hell. The people on their creep the hell out of me.

Excerpt:

<littleFurkitten0> HUMANS SUCK!!!
<jakkie12> ya, they all make fun of us BUT THEY DONT KNOW US!
<misdemeanor> i noe its so lame
<x0inuinx> just cuz were animals.......
<jakkie12> they seriously are stupid a$$hole$
<littleFurkitten0> we're animals, guys, lets stick together forever!


If I was magically poofed into an animal, I'd like to be a parrot. Why?

a) They fly.
b) They live for freakin' ever.

[ShadowTiger]

<littleFurkitten0> HUMANS SUCK!!!
<jakkie12> ya, they all make fun of us BUT THEY DONT KNOW US!
<misdemeanor> i noe its so lame
<x0inuinx> just cuz were animals.......
<jakkie12> they seriously are stupid a$$hole$
<littleFurkitten0> we're animals, guys, lets stick together forever!Dayamn, ... ... I've seen stuff like that, and it's not pretty. I hate it when people go all ... dramawhore about it. Really, what's the point? <(O_O)'>


A parrot would be a very nice animal to be. It's one of the only animals Steve Erwin is afraid of. Heh heh...

[CanisKil]

Canis lupus

The Best EVAR!!

[Quartermaster]

Damn dirty Nazi Furs (http://www.rathergood.com/laibach/)....

[Psychochink]

And now we know why. ^_^'' ... ... Oy. -_-

I note you neglected to comment on my subsequent statement which put the earlier one in context. Yep, I'm going to mock you. I'm going to mock everybody, including myself. If you can't take the heat...

Anyway, I have little interest in this topic and a philosophical discussion to have in another thread. So guys, lay on! (And damned be he that first cries "Hold! Enough!")

[CrazyAce86]

I'm not quite sure what I'd be. On one hand, I'm a lot like the tiger. (Born in the Year of the Tiger, too.) On the other hand, I'm also a lot like the wolf. Some weird combination thereof, perhaps?

I also think that being a jackal would be cool. I mean, c'mon, the jackal inspired Anubis's appearance, after all.

Domestically? A pure black cat with green eyes. I'd say blue, but I don't want to be deaf, so... *shrugs*

[FireWolf238]

yay, another potantial member in the wolf pack

[Kyoushu]

I hate to say it, but I'd probably be a sloth.

I'm too damn lazy...

Actually, I'd probably be some kind of cat, because I'm not so lazy that I grow moss, but sloths look funny when they swim, so it's a sloth.

[Chelsums]

I'd probably be a housecat. Be mostly antisocial... sleep most of the day... that would be nice.

[Ozero]

i'd wanna be a dog. Specifically, MY dog. She's got an easy life, and if I were her ,I'd also behave better, making like easier for the humans, and cat that live here.