# What is your spirit animal? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494 "2020-09-01T02:58:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/1 "2020-09-01T02:58:15Z")
Many societies have imbued the natural world with spirituality to unite society or understand common phonomena. By telling me your spirit animal, you are continuing this ancient tradition. What do you choose, and why? ---
**Author:** ![ArtBeforeScience](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@ArtBeforeScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtBeforeScience)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/2 "2020-09-01T03:03:50Z")
A nest of hornets! I didn’t choose it. This question came up at work and I was having the mother of all bad hair days. And the hornets came to me in a flash! Then I said, hmm… distributed architecture… collective decision-making… what’s not to like? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/3 "2020-09-01T03:09:14Z")
A white oak tree. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/4 "2020-09-01T03:59:58Z")
Seagull. Flap around breaking off, crapping on people and stealing French fries. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/5 "2020-09-01T04:14:32Z")
I’ve sad it before, I’ll say it again - the [Sarcastic Fringehead](https://oceana.org/marine-life/ocean-fishes/sarcastic-fringehead). ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/6 "2020-09-01T04:25:59Z")
The noble honeybee. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/7 "2020-09-01T06:53:45Z")
I’m going with Dolphin. Happy, joyful and fast. And that singing voice would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/8 "2020-09-01T09:56:15Z")
A sloth. I’m too tired to explain why. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/9 "2020-09-01T10:14:26Z")
Coyote - I’m clever, shy, adaptable, resilient and have a bit of mange. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/10 "2020-09-01T10:40:40Z")
Praying mantis, though I don’t pray and have never eaten my mate. ---
**Author:** ![HammondsCollapse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HammondsCollapse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HammondsCollapse)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/11 "2020-09-01T11:01:33Z")
The humblest of all God’s creatures… The Tyrannosaurus Rex. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/12 "2020-09-01T12:07:00Z")
Probably a slug. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/13 "2020-09-01T15:14:22Z")
Ooo, that’s a toughie. Of all the animals in the world, I particularly love cheetahs, beavers, praying mantises (manti?) and bald eagles. And bald eagles are the coolest of those, so I guess I’ll go with that. > [@Kropotkin](#): > > Seagull. Flap around breaking off, crapping on people and stealing French fries. Ever heard of Seagull Management? Some guy flies in from the head office, makes a lot of noise, shits all over everything and then goes away again. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/14 "2020-09-01T15:25:08Z")
The bulldog. > **[Mack Bulldog Clipart - Mack Bulldog Clip Art - (400x370) Png Clipart...](https://www.clipartmax.com/max/m2i8A0A0G6G6d3m2/)** > > Download and share clipart about Mack Bulldog Clipart - Mack Bulldog Clip Art, Find more high quality free transparent png clipart images on ClipartMax! “Well, hurray for the bulldog!” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/15 "2020-09-01T16:16:14Z")
Raven. Smart, wide-ranging, omnivorous, star of literature, legends and myths. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/16 "2020-09-01T16:49:06Z")
I’m built like a grizzly, but my children have declared that my spirit animal is a chipmunk. I am always on to the next thing or finding distraction everywhere! I can go on a hike and get distracted from watching mountain goats because I think I see a mountain lion track. It’s really bad- I am always looking around to a fault. When traveling the world, I have been asked for directions in nearly every country and city even though I am clearly not a local. I just make eye contact with everyone and everything so people seem unafraid to ask and seem to think that I know (I’m talking being asked in French for directions in Paris, in German for directions in Hamburg, in Italian/German/French/??? in Rome). So Chipmunk I am. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/17 "2020-09-01T16:56:35Z")
Pangolin. Weird looking, solitary, uselessly curls up in a ball when frightened, soon to be extinct. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/18 "2020-09-01T18:40:20Z")
Galapagos tortoise ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/19 "2020-09-01T21:27:49Z")
A very large, oblong-ish hippopotamus. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/20 "2020-09-01T22:50:52Z")
A slug might be the spirit animal… of Spirit airlines. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494.md?page=2)