# The Straight Dope Menagerie **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297 "2023-05-19T20:13:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/21 "2023-05-20T00:10:13Z")
> [@Celtic\_Kitsune](#): > > I noticed that quite a few people here have animal based avatars or usernames I haven’t noticed any such thing. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/22 "2023-05-20T04:56:06Z")
Not now, but my old avatar was the terrier token from Monopoly. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/24/c2/d724c24d9220168f9b13f4b7b46c4934.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/24/c2/d724c24d9220168f9b13f4b7b46c4934.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/23 "2023-05-20T05:05:36Z")
First fly. Probably the only fly. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/24 "2023-05-20T05:24:10Z")
Loon. ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/25 "2023-05-20T05:28:01Z")
cat, changed at the cat avatar thread. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/26 "2023-05-20T06:31:05Z")
This is the rare BECKS. Such a cool species. Y’all should Google it. ☺ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/27 "2023-05-20T06:32:33Z")
Chilling chimp ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/28 "2023-05-20T15:45:00Z")
Beer. Which our three dogs drive me to drink. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/29 "2023-05-20T16:01:24Z")
I would be a capybara but they won’t fit in the little square. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/30 "2023-05-20T17:32:32Z")
That’s okay. I really like your avatar as is. In my wayward youth I owned a green '53 TR3 and an orange '52 TR2. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/31 "2023-05-20T18:01:18Z")
Huh, same here! At least, a dog _named_ Squirrel. She’s been gone a bit over 2 years now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/32 "2023-05-20T22:42:11Z")
User name was my first kitty from many, many years ago. My avatar is a later cat named Piper who was a terrific cuddlebug. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/33 "2023-05-21T00:04:37Z")
Dallas was the name of my cat. Knew her for 21 years but she never did tell me her last name, so I made up Jones. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/34 "2023-05-21T00:35:30Z")
Mini Aussie, or Miniature American Shepard, checking in. His name is Tuxedo and he’s almost 5. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/35 "2023-05-21T00:56:28Z")
You’re doing an important job ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/36 "2023-05-21T01:19:09Z")
I think I am the only bird. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/37 "2023-05-21T01:23:48Z")
I swear theres another bird. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/38 "2023-05-21T01:25:31Z")
@raventhief is another bird. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/39 "2023-05-21T01:33:25Z")
Also @crowmanyclouds. In fact the place is practically an aviary! ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/40 "2023-05-21T01:36:04Z")
@Seanette is a pretty dove. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297.md?page=3)