# Fav animal? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904 "2005-01-27T13:02:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/21 "2005-01-28T00:18:29Z")
Domestic - bunnies. Wild - definitely elephants. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/22 "2005-01-28T01:17:54Z")
Coyotes. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/23 "2005-01-28T01:58:12Z")
I’ve always had a soft spot for Armadillos. …which is odd, given that I’ve almost never (if ever) actually seen one in the flesh. Do they make good pets? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/24 "2005-01-28T02:07:44Z")
I like kangaroos. They’re so _springy_, and the pockets are an excellent innovation. Hedgehogs are neat, too. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/25 "2005-01-28T02:10:49Z")
Domestic: Cats Wild: Big Cats 😃 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/26 "2005-01-28T02:15:26Z")
Cats. (duh) Parrots are quite cool, too. Armadillos are neat, also, as are badgers. ---
**Author:** ![SallyCan\_tDance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@SallyCan\_tDance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyCan_tDance)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/27 "2005-01-28T03:17:04Z")
Domestic: Dogs. Wild: Dolphins. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/28 "2005-01-28T03:22:40Z")
Meerkats ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/29 "2005-01-28T04:12:15Z")
Chupacabras. Oh, and _Acanthoscurria geniculata_. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/30 "2005-01-28T05:01:03Z")
Tigers. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/31 "2005-01-28T05:08:01Z")
Cats (up to and including tigers, even). Wolves. And Dragons. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/32 "2005-01-28T05:09:48Z")
Dead ones. Medium rare, mostly. Sometimes raw. If I have to pick a “live” one… > [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Coyotes. …because they kill cats round here. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/33 "2005-01-28T05:53:08Z")
Hmmm…let me see… ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/34 "2005-01-28T06:34:13Z")
Peregrine Falcons ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/35 "2005-01-28T12:16:44Z")
Tree frogs. You know, the poisonous stripy ones that live in the Amazon jungle. Imagine being the first frog who thought, “Being green and brown? Living in muddy puddles? Not for me - I’m livin’ the high life! I’m gonna climb a tree, be crimson with yellow stripes, and any mofo who messes with _this_ damn frog is gonna stop breathin’ two seconds later!” Tree frogs rock. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/36 "2005-01-28T13:55:43Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Tree frogs. You know, the poisonous stripy ones that live in the Amazon jungle. Imagine being the first frog who thought, “Being green and brown? Living in muddy puddles? Not for me - I’m livin’ the high life! I’m gonna climb a tree, be crimson with yellow stripes, and any mofo who messes with _this_ damn frog is gonna stop breathin’ two seconds later!” Tree frogs rock. I think you seem to have a slightly different view on evolution as the rest of us… The platypus is quite acool animal, I mean, look at what it has going for it: A mammal…technically, cause it has fur and nurses it’s young, BUT Lays eggs. EGGS!!! For godsake! Has a BILL! Like a duck! Also has feet kind of like a duck, with POISONOUS CLAWS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/37 "2005-01-28T16:33:34Z")
Penguins and giant pandas… penguins for the reasons listed above by **Anaamika** , and pandas because they’re enormous things that sit and eat all day. How can you hate on that? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/38 "2005-01-28T16:34:49Z")
Dogs, esp. larger breeds - as a pet Chipmunks - as an undomesticated animal ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/39 "2005-01-28T16:36:52Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > Penguins and giant pandas… penguins for the reasons listed above by **Anaamika** , and pandas because they’re enormous things that sit and eat all day. How can you hate on that? It’s a little known fact… At the National Zoo, it was explained that panda bears have a sixth digit which is similar to our posable thumb! This alows them to plop themselves down and munch on bamboo in an almost human-like manner. That’s why they seem so cuddly, too…as they sit upright like a teddy bear! - Jinx 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904/40 "2005-01-28T16:50:31Z")
Hippo. Seriously. My wife has a favorite animal. My best friend at the time had one, as did his then-wife (who was my wife’s best friend). So, I figured, I needed one too. At the time I was very overweight and thought that a fat animal would be a perfect animal for me. So, I chose a hippo. I now own tons and tons of hippo stuff (including some really cute ones). Zev Steinhardt [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fav-animal/286904.md?page=3)