If you could reincarnate as an animal, which one/s would you choose?

[Paco Dennis]

I would like to be a dog. I would like a loving owner and then I would be one of those happy-go-lucky kind of dog.



A good post from another forum inspired the thread.

"Not sure if I would like to be reincarnated as a smart Coon, but being a Crow would be cool. Other real animals I would like to evolve more intelligence would be Gibbons in a Planet of the Apes scenario, since swinging through the trees via Brachiation would be the next best thing to flying, or maybe a Cheetah since it would be fun to run really fast and do 0-60 faster than a Ferrari. Being a Rabbit might be fun, since you could BLEEP more cute Bunnies than Hef did. lol. If a water dwelling animal gets brainy, I'll hope for an Octopus, since 8 appendages would be handy. I think I would be bored being a shark or whale since just swimming around would be tiresome."

 

[Pepper]

I'm thinking an eagle.......they soar to great heights and live about 50 years and own the skies. They take care of their young; nurture them and teach them to be free.

 

[oldaunt]

A wolverine. A secretive protected species that no one or nothing wants to mess with.

 

[katlupe]

I think a turtle who carries her protective home with her. Though I know they do not only live in their shell but dig a hole in the cool earth where they can relax and not worry about someone coming along to capture them. I am an introvert and I think living in my shell would be comfy. I would not live in an area where the people like to eat turtles.

 

[officerripley]

Definitely not a polar bear or any other endangered one.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I'd come back as cat. There's plenty of mice to eat. Of course, if I owned a human, I'd eat only premium cat food. And, I'd like to try out that "9 lives" thing.

 

[bobcat]

Wait ..... I thought I was an animal. Oh, a different kind of animal.
I am thinking maybe an eagle. It would be wonderful soaring to great heights, gliding around as king of the skies, and be protected by law.

 

[Jamala]

When I was in prep school, my teacher asked the question if you would like to be an animal for a day, what would you choose. I chose the giraffe. I have always loved giraffes.
Later on in life I learnt that the giraffe spirit animal is a symbol of awareness.

Hubby took me to Nairobi /Kenya one year for our anniversary to have tea with the giraffes.

 

[TheOtherRick]

There used to be a big ball-busting black Tomcat that owned the neighborhood, I loved that guy. That's what I'd love to be Captain v 2.0.

 

[RadishRose]

Another vote here for an eagle, or another large bird of prey.

 

[feywon]

Dolphin, tho or maybe perhaps because i've been one before.

 

[oldpop]

I would choose a Porpoise or a Crow.

 

[feywon]

I would choose a Porpoise or a Crow.

Both highly intelligent (actually all the Cetaceans and Corvids are) and emotional animals they remember people and other animals they've had contact with and how they were treated.

 

[ElCastor]

Let’s not forget that humans are indeed animals. I think I would stick with reincarnating as a human animal, perhaps an Ashkenazi Jew, the smartest of us animals.

 

[Rose65]

A wolverine. A secretive protected species that no one or nothing wants to mess with.

Fascinating animal. I found a novel a while back about these creatures and was entranced. Seems it is utterly fearless, strong and dangerous. The fictional story was about a hunter who captured one, only to regret it because it escaped and then hunted HIM. I forget the title.

Found it - 'Carcajou the Wolverine ' by Rutherford G Montgomery. Great read for all ages.

 

[Naturally]

Centaur

 

[Rose65]

Fascinating animal. I found a novel a while back about these creatures and was entranced. Seems it is utterly fearless, strong and dangerous. The fictional story was about a hunter who captured one, only to regret it because it escaped and then hunted HIM. I forget the title.

Centaur

Hmm. Why, if I may ask?

 

[Naturally]

Hmm. Why, if I may ask?

From the waist down I'd be a horse. What are the cons?

 

[Rose65]

A cat. Then I would be truly independent but so charming that I could get any human to provide for me if I wished, but leave if I chose.

 

[Rose65]

From the waist down I'd be a horse. What are the cons?

None that I can think of, from your point of view!

 

[MarkinPhx]

I would chose to come back as a Brontosaurus just to stir things up some.

 

[jujube]

Definitely a cat. Lay around all day in a patch of sunlight and expect people to cater to me.

If I so pleased, I *might* extend a smidgen of gratitude by gifting a sh!tload of my fur on their new black pants, but then again that might be too much work. Let the servants come to me.....

 

[Rose65]

Definitely a cat. Lay around all day in a patch of sunlight and expect people to cater to me.

If I so pleased, I *might* extend a smidgen of gratitude by gifting a sh!tload of my fur on their new black pants, but then again that might be too much work. Let the servants come to me.....

A cat thinks it is god because people feed it. A dog thinks people are god because they feed him.
It's all about perspective I suppose.

 

[oldaunt]

From the waist down I'd be a horse. What are the cons?

Geldings.......

 

[Naturally]

Geldings.......

HA !!! Watch out for swords and hoofs if you tried that