# Not so earnest most influential ANIMAL thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-earnest-most-influential-animal-thread/186091>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 3, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-earnest-most-influential-animal-thread/186091 "2003-07-03T18:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sqwerticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sqwerticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqwerticus)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-earnest-most-influential-animal-thread/186091/1 "2003-07-03T18:43:47Z")

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In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3652722#post3652722post3652722) the immediate answer that sprang to mind for me, was either Lassie or Skippy. I don’t think the GDers were thinking along the same lines as me…

So who tops your list of the most influential animal of all time, as an individual rather than genus?

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**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-earnest-most-influential-animal-thread/186091/2 "2003-07-03T18:56:03Z")

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Curious George!

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-earnest-most-influential-animal-thread/186091/3 "2003-07-03T19:02:59Z")

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Bugs Bunny.