# What's your representative animal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700 "2009-01-23T20:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700/41 "2009-01-30T21:27:48Z")
As a kid, I was a big fan of elephants, and I suppose I still wouldn’t mind having one as a totem, but as it is, I think my totem is a sphinx. And yes, I’m aware of the obvious objection, but I don’t see that that should be an obstacle for totemhood. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700/42 "2009-01-30T21:55:49Z")
Definitely a Basset Hound, goofy looking, with many vices, but frighteningly smart and motivated when push comes to shove. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700/43 "2009-01-30T22:13:33Z")
Peregrine Falcon. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700/44 "2009-01-30T22:29:07Z")
I always identified pretty well to my Chinese zodiac being the rat – smart, capable, adaptable, clever – I asked my family what they thought. My son, husband and daughter all concurred I am a wolf. Wolves are on about the same level as rats, just without thumbs and with bigger teeth, I guess 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dactylic\_hexameter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@dactylic\_hexameter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dactylic_hexameter)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700/45 "2009-01-30T22:31:41Z")
Ox. I was born in the year of the ox, and I’ve always thought it represented me well: strong, dependable, loyal, slow to anger, can be stubborn, etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700/46 "2009-01-31T02:02:14Z")
A Bear. Surprisingly… ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700/47 "2009-01-31T02:42:19Z")
All of the totem animal quizzes keep saying that I am a wolf. I suppose I can see that, though I think I am more of a snow leopard myself. I think my boyfriend is probably a moose or an elk. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700/48 "2009-01-31T05:42:23Z")
Penguin. Comical demeanor, nicely dressed. Faint smell of herring. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700/49 "2009-01-31T06:05:20Z")
Well, every once in a while I think of tucking up my tail and putting on a human suit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-representative-animal/482700.md?page=2)