Animals

[MKG]

For some strange reason (you know - the kind of thing that pops into your head at strange times) I was thinking of my favourite animals. Not favourite because they're simply brilliant (like whales - I love whales, but they're hardly likely to directly impinge on my life in north Notts.) but favourite because you come across them fairly often.

Trying my damnedest to keep the list small and restricted to one example per type, I got the list down to frogs, goats, jackdaws (starlings were a close second) and bumble bees. I really couldn't think of a fish which moved me. I don't know what, if anything, that list says about me.

Anyone else got a list?

Mike

[The Riff-Raff Element]

Tricky...

Edible mammal: Pig
Mammal I don't regard as edible even if other people do: Horse

Edible bird: Chicken
Bird I don't etc: Owl

Insect: Bee

Reptile: Grass snake

Amphibian: Toad

Fish: I think Tuna, both from a visual and a culinary standpoint.

[boboff]

The Fungus Gnat.

[Odsox]

The Fungus Gnat.

Ah, in that case Boboff send me your address and I'll let you have ALL of mine.

Thinking hard (doesn't come easy)

Mammal would be Otter
Bird probably Raven, damn clever birds and AFAIK the only one that can loop the loop and fly upside down.
Can't honestly think of any amphibians or snakes or fish (maybe Mackerel)
Insects Tortoiseshell butterfly and Ladybird
Useful animals, Jack Russels and pigs.

[MKG]

The Fungus Gnat.

The novel will be out when?

Mike

[baldybloke]

My contribution is:

Mammal - Otter
Bird - Owl
Amphibian - Great Crested Newt
Insect - Dragonfly
Useful animal - sheepdog

[oldjerry]

After much thought:

Domestic animal: Pig

Wild animal: Hare

Bird: Kingfisher

Fish: Tench

Mammal: Jenny Agutter

[sleepyowl]

Bird- Robin or tawny owl depending on what mood I'm on the day
Mammal- Hedgehog
Amphibian- Common frog
Insect- Peacock butterfly (though not seen that many recently)
Fish- Carp
Domestic animal- Chicken

not seen any reptiles of late but probably go for slow worm

[safronsue]

domesticated : horse, mine just takes my breath away every day just like the first time i saw one
insect: ant as they are so damned persistent and i hate too for it too. actually no, bees, its got to be bees for all that they do and the honey too.
bird: pelican. dinosaurs that fly over my head here in flocks
fish: octopus, saw a documentary about how intelligent they are and could never eat one again. sorry, it might not be a fish

[gregorach]

Cuttlefish are completely awesome.

All the corvids seem to get a bad rap, but I'm personally quite fond of magpies.

[Millymollymandy]

Red squirrel
Crested tit
Ladybirds
Butterflies
Moorhens

in no particular order.

[MuddyWitch]

I love Magpies (& may call my next house Meadow Cottage, which as a Forest fan could be odd!),
Pythons and woodlice.

& Greyhounds, obviously

MW

[the.fee.fairy]

Dogs!
I love dogs...all dogs. They're all brilliant!
I love the devotion they have and the pure love they show.

It doesn't matter how mean someone is to a dog, it will still love them unconditionally. Which is horrible when people are mean to dogs, but is a saving grace when i accidentally step on my dog's paw (she does insist on standing UNDER my feet...).