# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/41 "2020-09-03T15:14:31Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > The Bony-eared Assfish. Well, dang. I’m not going to bother, since **Ynnad** clearly won the thread. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/42 "2020-09-03T17:07:12Z")
A duck is mine too. (But with a nic like “mallard” I guess that’s no surprise) 🦆 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/43 "2020-09-03T20:26:48Z")
I really did not need to read an article about people eating capybaras. Who could eat such a pleasant and amiable beast? It’s making me consider vegetarianism. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/44 "2020-09-03T21:32:40Z")
^ I love the vids of capybaras playing in the house with other family pets. Mine is the bunny rabbit. We are legion but mean you no harm. As long as you give us veggies. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/45 "2020-09-05T10:25:21Z")
The Platypus. After myriad surgeries and re-assemblies since birth, I’m a collection of unmatched and bizarre-fitting parts that somehow manages to function. And as a several assholes have discovered, there are spurs, poison glands, and a variety of well-hidden defense mechanisms. And like the Platypus, the attacker’s pain won’t start immediately, but it will be extreme and long-lasting. I’ve told a few of these stories here – even if it takes years, I settle scores. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/46 "2020-09-07T00:55:32Z")
Killer whale. Or Cavalier King Charles spaniel. Either way, lord of all I survey. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/47 "2020-09-07T01:21:24Z")
I took a quiz once that said my personality most fit an owl or a penguin. I had an imaginary friend who was a cheetah. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/48 "2020-09-07T01:49:10Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Pangolin. Weird looking, solitary, uselessly curls up in a ball when frightened, soon to be extinct. … and yet, your avatar appears to be a kestrel, which is about as opposite from pangolin as I can imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/49 "2020-09-07T05:55:44Z")
Walrus. Fat, ugly, chronically depressed. ---
**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 7, 2020, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/50 "2020-09-07T09:14:12Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@Ulfreida](#): > > > > Pangolin. Weird looking, solitary, uselessly curls up in a ball when frightened, soon to be extinct. > > … and yet, your avatar appears to be a kestrel, which is about as opposite from pangolin as I can imagine. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/51 "2020-09-07T11:04:47Z")
Crows. They like to express their love by crapping on me. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/52 "2020-09-07T18:28:26Z")
Horse. Well, one half of a horse, anyway. ---
**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 7, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/53 "2020-09-07T19:12:54Z")
The top half or the bottom? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494/54 "2020-09-08T17:14:04Z")
Beaver. I was surprised, but it works. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494.md?page=2)