# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/61 "2023-05-21T14:54:47Z")
> [@Celtic\_Kitsune](#): > > Nice tribute, what was the reason you joined the SDMB? **PJ** was dying of Cushing’s disease and we were having to put her down and I needed something to channel my grief, so I thought I’d sign up here and feel stupid for a while try to improve my mind as a distraction. So-so results. Thanks for asking. ---
**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, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/62 "2023-05-21T14:55:53Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Maybe we can form team aquatic. It’s a small grotto, but we’ll fill it well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/63 "2023-05-21T14:58:28Z")
> [@Celtic\_Kitsune](#): > > …I suspect dogs. They’re very suspicious. Actually, it’s orangutans who are skeptical of changes in their cages. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/64 "2023-05-21T16:01:57Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Bravo good dog person! Well, thanks for the compliment! I have to admit though that I’m also a cat person, at least one of the neighbors’ cats thought so and adopted me two years ago and comes visiting every other day. I call her Ada after Ada Lovelace. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/65 "2023-05-21T17:08:12Z")
The worm’s turn. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/66 "2023-05-21T17:16:10Z")
There are a few people with Rat in the name but I’m not sure if they have it in their avatars. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/67 "2023-05-21T17:30:08Z")
Cat avatar, adopted a few months ago in response to a thread about cat avatars. (And, no, he’s not my cat; I did an image search for “Jedi cat.”) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/68 "2023-05-21T18:04:49Z")
Note, when Kenobi\_Kat wants to be fed, all of a sudden, you reconsider your life choices that led to you not feeding him earlier… Or you find a perfect circular hole burned through your pantry and a well fed cat. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/69 "2023-05-21T18:30:54Z")
Iberian lynx. It is a [kind of cat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_lynx), but not a domestic one. Still endangered, but getting sowly better. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/70 "2023-05-21T18:41:48Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Note, when Kenobi\_Kat wants to be fed, all of a sudden, you reconsider your life choices that led to you not feeding him earlier… _waves paw_ “The food dish needs to be refilled, _now_.” ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/71 "2023-05-21T18:47:15Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I think I am the only bird Harrumph! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/72 "2023-05-21T18:53:18Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I think I am the only bird. There’s also @JackieLikesVariety , she has a robin. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/73 "2023-05-21T19:13:23Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > **PJ** was dying of Cushing’s disease and we were having to put her down and I needed something to channel my grief Much sympathy, @burpo_the_wonder_mutt . We lost Max last month, and Cushing’s was one of the main reasons. My avatar is a painting by Michael Sowa. He has done a lot of paintings that include animals. If you’ve seen the movie _Amelie_ you’ve seen his work in her bedroom. My avatar painting is called “Herbert,” which was my dad’s name. He was the one who introduced dachshunds into our family and instilled a love of the breed in us kids. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/74 "2023-05-22T03:50:05Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Let’s see, what is the names of the crew? Very funny. The Krew send bext witches to yoor xoo, twoo. Bean, Marko, Baliff and Dorothy the Obese Pugle. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/75 "2023-05-22T06:17:04Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > > > I think I am the only bird > > Harrumph! I just saw that @Bayaker has a beautiful avatar with what could be flying cranes? And I found a picture of my cat that I like better for my avatar and changed it. The previous one is still showing up in a reply by @Celtic_Kitsune in post 56. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/76 "2023-05-22T07:59:09Z")
Studiously researching animals for avatars. Nope. Still will be a person, but I enjoy seeing others. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/77 "2023-05-22T10:01:39Z")
Mine is (newly) my German Shorthaired Pointer x Weimeraner, Constable Huxley Tafadzwa, guardian of the front garden. Possibly the stupidest dog alive, despite his parentage having a reputation for intelligence. But his peanut sized brain has ample supplies of serotonin and dopamine, because he is also the happiest dog I have ever known - and I grew up with Labradors. I don’t have any avatar suited picture of my wonderful cat, St. George, who died 5 years ago. He was a total arsehole, but I loved him. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297/78 "2023-05-22T11:16:20Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > I just saw that @Bayaker has a beautiful avatar with what could be flying cranes? They are white ibis. That particular picture is one I found on the internet, but it is very similar to one that I took myself but couldn’t figure out how to use it on the SDMB. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-menagerie/984297.md?page=3)