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What is your favourite animal?

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I pretty much love all animals but my most favourite are cats.
Spiders & snakes scare me but I wouldn't hurt them.

What about you?
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Spiders scare the hell out of me.

I have pet rats, which I love. I also like cats.
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The fox

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ROFL, Kare! I knew someone had to do it....
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There are so many good ones, hard to choose:

Tiger (independent)
Cobra snake (nagas)
Elephant (intelligent, great memory)
Manatee (gentle giant)
Cow (Gavi sutta) :tongue:
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I don't own any, but I enjoy meeting cats.

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beeblebrox wrote:I don't own any, but I enjoy meeting cats.

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:tongue: lol

I'm friends with my neighbourhood cats. Once, one followed me home from town, I stopped by a fast food place and shared a bag of chips with it. It was probably a stray but it was cute.

Every time I see a cat or dog, I always walk over to it and pet it and talk to it like a baby, hahaha!

My brother used to own pet mice, one used to love chewing at my finger and let me stroke it's tiny nose.

I'm not too keen on rats, a lot of the ones I've met were very vicious.

As for wild animals, I love lions but I wouldn't dare go near one. :tongue:
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Forgot to mention, foxes are beautiful creatures.
I enjoy watching them walk around through woods.
They're actually very friendly, even if they do rammage through our rubbish! :tongue:

My brother loves penguins (not sure I spelt it right). He owns a cat and a lizard.
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I like seals, but I don't think my bath is big enough to have one as a pet. :P
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Spiny Norman wrote:I like seals, but I don't think my bath is big enough to have one as a pet. :P

Seals are adorable.
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Wolves, for their mystic
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Move aside, foxes and cats, it's the Red Panda's time to shine:

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