Are you kidding? Who ever shot an owl in self defense? 
Besides, flight, nightvision, super-hearing, and stealth? What more could I want? Not to mention the ability to form my own nation of my bird brothers to make war on the humans. Ahh yes…glorious…
You know, Scarface Z, you really are a good guy. You took my Pit thread in good humor, and this, too. I take back any slightly worrisome feelings I had about you.
You’re OK!
whoooosh
Wheeeee! I feel apperciated!
It’s healthy just to say “wheee” at certain intervals in the day, it fights cancer. 
Thanks.
Update: As a snowy owl, I could finally find out how many licks there are to the center of a tootsie pop. Also, I could build a mighty fort out of owl pellets and defend it against my sworn enemy, the chipmunk. Arrgh, chipmunks…
I would be an invisible pink unicorn.
Rihannsu are what you people call Romulans. Why would we name ourselves after some pissant idol from a backwards culture on your insignificant planet?
Well… Not shot per se… more of a crushing, kind of, um, well… you get the picture. Not pretty at all.
:dubious: A bit touchy, are we?
I think I’d want general shape-shifting capability. But that might be trying to have cake and eat it, too.
Mmmm … cake.
Where was I? Oh … yes. If not a shape-shifter of indeterminate ability, I think I’d also want to be a fairy. Because I’d have wings and be all glittery … and who ever heard of a fat fairy? 
Well, since it has to be living, I guess that rules out Neo-satanic cannibalistic zombie nazi rapist pirate ninja from the west side of hell.
I guess I’ll just have to settle for being a Cronos device.
Well, obviously. So if one of you could do some ‘splainin’ I’d appreciate it.
Napoleon Dynamite! Do yourself a favor and see this movie. Many of the recent posts here will begin to make a whole lot more sense.
Just acclimating myself to the new role.