Do you have any interest, do you feel any inclination to the subject? Under "animal world" I don't mean pets which most of us have. I feel great sympathy to birds, they are graceful, they have abilities we'll never have, they are one of those rare animals that can sing, and sing nicely. If I'll ever decide to get a second education course, it will be ornithology. What about you?

Interest in animals? Well, the animal I like the most is... A Kwyjibo

Naa, I'm just kidding, I like chipmunks! Don't ask me why, I just do. I think they are cute and cool... And in way the movie Alvin & The Chipmunks triggered my "love" for chipmunks. I don't wanna sound "girlysh" or anything but they are sooooo cute cool!

Keep nudibranchs! You would have to live right on the coast, though, and not so much 'keep' them as 'look at them a whole bunch'... But they're cute! Honestly!

El_Barto
I vote for...


Go Chip n' Dale! ^-^

What's wrong with a dog anyway? ;( Dogs are good friends, and if you're a good pack leader you've got yourself some minions.
Cats on the other hand are just mooching slackers. Go cat bashing! ;p

Dogs drool, cats rule! I do like cats, but apart from that, I'm not really an "animal person". I also like butterflies, but that's about it.

Dogs. Dogs are idiots. If came into the room and started slobbering all over your face and sniffing at your crotch, what would you say?
....if you did it sir?


(It had to be quoted )

I have to agree  I love cats, and if not for house pets... then Big Cats are what you want.

>_>

Cats pros: Cute (some breeds are elegant), natural born killers, easy to care for (feed, pet, change kitty litter unless it's an outdoor cat), some of them are cuddly, kind of funny to observe sometimes.
Cats cons: Egoistic, shows little to no respect for its superiors, only shows affection for humans/other cats/animals when it wants you to pet/feed it, sharpening their claws on furniture/carpets, jumping around places they shouldn't be, always put on an indignant look when you stop them from doing something wrong, doesn't stop them from repeating it, they only learn that the next time they do something they shouldn't and someone sees it - run away and hide somewhere.

Dogs pros: Group-oriented (pack), universalistic, submitting to their superiors (superiors means a mentally strong leader, not a physically superior one), cute (some breeds are majestic), respectful and loyal friends, protects its comrades, learns to follow the rules you set out for it (if you know how to), playful and loving.
Dogs cons: Takes alot of time to care for a happy dog (feed, pet, go out for walk, exercise (both mentally and physically), takes a calm, assertive mentality to control, otherwise your dog will take the leader role and control you.

Common con: When they lose hair in preparation for the hot summer... hair everywhere! :@

Licking places is a pro for both, it's how they clean themselves, and they both do it... everywhere! Except dogs clean their faces differently, and not as carefully as cats. Dogs lick humans often to show their appreciation, cats may in some cases lick humans if they feel that the human is filthy. Otherwise they'll look annoyed and possibly walk away.
Smelling places goes for both, except cats aren't always that interested in doing it.
Cats laziness doesn't really count as a pro or con, it's just how they work. Lots of sleep and leisure time.

Neither is "better", dogs are just in my opinion better friends, while cats are just... indifferent aristocrats.

I'm a huge animal lover, but I have a partiular fondness for horses and apes/monkeys/gorillas.
I don't know what it is, they just amaze me and make me laugh.
Horses are such large creatures, yet they're so gentle and graceful in the way they move and communicate with eachother, and they're extremely intelligent and expressive for such a large animal too, and they seem to all have their own personalities too.
Gorillas are just so beautiful and it amazes me how much they copy people and act so like humans.
The faces are so expressive and I think I just adore monkeys because they're so cheeky and love to lark about and be silly.
I'm new here by the way

Casper
Haha, yeah, they're quite the little survivors. Keep coming back for more danger though... damn daredevils. I don't allow any animals inside my room because they just drop too much hair and I gotta run the vacuum cleaner once a day. x_x If for any short period I leave the door to my room open they'll rush right in and hide somewhere... when I come back to the room I always check around for cats. As soon as I spot them they'll get a "busted!" look on their faces and make a break for the door, they all know I don't want them in here. The first thing they'll do is go sit somewhere and start licking themselves as to state their indifference to the fact that I kicked their asses. ;d Respectless cowards. ;(

pictures please

I'm definitely a cat person. I don't think I'd make a very good dog owner because they're somewhat high maintenance animals... you have to walk them constantly, so they can exercise and remove wastes, whereas cats are, for the most part, content with roaming freely and have a litter box.

Of course my cat Sam requires a bit more care - he constantly begs for food and wants to be let out - but it's nowhere near the way a dog behaves. Plus I'm not a big fan of the slobber-factor included with dogs... I'm something of a clean-freak, and I don't like my hands smelling like dog spittle all the time.

aww...

Your right though, he choose the path he wanted. You never know, I think its likely he would roam place to place being fed from other people, or that somebody else has found him and is taking care of him.

I was gutted when we moved house, and our cat (Cocoa) didnt want to move. Rather, he would run away back to our original home. Kept having to go back for him but I'm left believing that the owners of our old house took him in. Which I prefered over the idea of him being homeless.


Oh, sorry El Barto, got distracted from your post. Congrats! And yes, pleeease do show us some pictures!

Okay, as I promissed, here are some pics of my cat.

Here's one of her eating:


And in this one, I'm holding her up. She wouldn't stay still, so this was the only way. Anyway, here it is:


She still doesn't have a name though...

Anyway, I'll take a few more pics and then I'll post them ^-^

That's too bad indeed, Marco!    Hopefully, he's experiencing some great adventures, maybe even at another family's place. Reading that he was a true "outdoor cat" (and a shy one as well) makes me hope that he doesn't really need the care of a family, but is skilled enough to manage his life on his own.

@El_Barto: She's a cutie indeed! My only suggestion for a name would be "Snowball", but that's probably too obvious. It looks like there's a black cat here in the neighborhood of my new place, and she sat on my grandma's garden chair when I arrived here a few days ago - so hopefully I'll have a chance for petting her now and then.

Andreas
I was thinking of giving her the name "Snowball" too. But, I don't know.

Kasper
My parents let me keep my cat at home
I think she's 1 month older... I don't know, I have to ask the previous owner.

Gazmanafc
Time well spent! XD