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Your favourite animal?

  • 08-07-2019 10:55am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭


    I love short horn cows, they're amazing.
    I do a lot of hiking and in the winter you'll see then roaming around the Burren in the winterage, their plumage gets long and fluffy in the winter time.

    They have character and look like something out of an old ladybird story book...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,419 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Hedgelayer wrote: »
    I love short horn cows, they're amazing.
    I do a lot of hiking and in the winter you'll see then roaming around the Burren in the winterage, their plumage gets long and fluffy in the winter time.

    They have character and look like something out of an old ladybird story book...

    It's the "Traffic Cone" ,found near all roads and on football pitches.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭storker


    Cats. All of them, from Lions to Moggies.

    I love their grace and stealth and as pets, their low-maintenance - moggies, that is, not so sure about Lions being low-maintance pets :).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 809 ✭✭✭Earendil


    Sexy sheep.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭storker


    Earendil wrote: »
    Sexy sheep.

    Here you go...

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭jiltloop


    Snow Leopards, absolutely beautiful animals and live in such a hostile environment. I saw rare footage on a nature documentary of one chasing a mountain goat down what was little more than a cliff and it was breathtaking.

    I also love the look of black panthers.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 314 ✭✭Blinky Plebum


    Dogs.

    Greatest animal of all, mans best friend.

    I'm of the opinion that if you dislike dogs there is something seriously wrong with you and frankly I'd want nothing to do with you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭circadian




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,532 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    Lambs.


    Absolutely delicious.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Oasis1974


    The monkey's but there all dead now.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    sharks are cool just because of what they are but If I had to be an animal it would be a pine martin. mad lazy, sneaky, on the stroke for eggs and the likes feckers!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    Humans. Their behaviour is so varied, and the ranges of intelligence on display can be astounding


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    Orca whales. Such beautiful, majestic, intelligent creatures.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 582 ✭✭✭Hobosan


    SusieBlue wrote: »
    Orca whales. Such beautiful, majestic, intelligent creatures.

    And they're known to playfully torture their food, which means they have a keen sense of humour, like ourselves!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭jaxxx


    SusieBlue wrote: »
    Orca whales. Such beautiful, majestic, intelligent creatures.


    Wolves of the sea as they're called, the kings and queens of the seas. Nothing is safe where they're concerned. Great white sharks, even blue whales have been known to be killed by them. As deadly as they are stunning, and yet they present almost no danger to humans. One of the few exceptions to that is orcas in confinement which is commonly put down to stress due to being in confined spaces, which is all the more reason these animals should not be kept in marine parks.

    Extremely rare sighting of a white orca a few years back:



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,019 ✭✭✭I see sheep


    Badgers


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Cats of course! I have five now. They come for walks with me...keep the land clear of rats etc, and are sheer bliss on a cold day


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    Earendil wrote: »
    Sexy sheep.
    What about the sexy slither of a lady snake though?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭jaxxx


    Graces7 wrote: »
    Cats of course! I have five now. They come for walks with me...keep the land clear of rats etc, and are sheer bliss on a cold day


    Sorry Grace, couldn't help it :o :pac:



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭storker


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,628 ✭✭✭brevity


    Penguins.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,138 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    jaxxx wrote: »
    Wolves of the sea as they're called]

    Then why does no-one call wolves "the killer whales of the land"?

    The Herring Gull is one of my favorites. People generally think of birds as being free. But really, most are inextricably tied to their habitat and are actually very limited as to what they can do and where they can go. Not the Herring Gull. They can go anywhere, eat anything, live in an urban or rural area, coast, river or hills. They can plunge-dive for fish, eat eggs, hunt small animals, steal food from other birds, scavenge rubbish and steal the chips out of your hand as you sit in her harbour wall in Howth. Truly free.

    This juvenile I came across took on a seal for scraps of food, and won:

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,239 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    Dogs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭Tilikum17


    Elephants
    Orcas
    Dogs
    Cats.
    Orangutan

    Can’t choose.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,380 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ten of Swords


    Pigs, hands down


    So damn tasty


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 13,102 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Has to be the Octopus. They are super intelligent - they have been given "honorary vertebrate" status for their amazing memory and problem solving abilities and are just in general an indredible speciesl all round.

    Plus...instead of a teddy bear - I had (and still have) a cuddly red and yellow octopus that I have had since I was 18 months old - Ollie. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Liger


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    I have a few Gremlins. Chinese guy in the basement of antique shop on Capel St sells 'em.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Dogs.

    Special mention to crocodiles too, mad bastards, especially those huge fellas on the Nile.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Elephants are majestic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭daheff


    Another here for Dogs.

    Second choice -gotta be hedgehogs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭E mac


    Honey Badgers. They fear no one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Worms. I've had them over 10 years now. Best thing I ever got.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,819 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Cats. They fascinate me. I want to get one but not sure if I'm home enough.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    jaxxx wrote: »
    Sorry Grace, couldn't help it :o :pac:



    lol...not a good portrait but the thought is right! Five is not a lot! I once moved house from Cornwall to the North Isles in a Mini with 12 Siamese... Just addicted!

    The current five are all rescues.....

    Here they are, taking me for an early morning walk..


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,396 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    Dogs ...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    I have a few Gremlins. Chinese guy in the basement of antique shop on Capel St sells 'em.


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    Hate to break this to you, but you better bring them back. That's clearly a Mogwai


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    What!?!? Ripped off again!!


    I also have a flying cat.


    https://twitter.com/itsdaneesaur/status/1146564064610529280


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Is there anything that Ladbible don't have their logo on?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    For a pet, I think you can't get better than a dog but my favourite animal overall would have to be the elephant. I spent six weeks working with them and studying them, in Africa, many years ago. Absolutely amazing animals.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    For me it's a choice between a Towel ...

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    And these little Dicks ....

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Hilton Valentine


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,628 ✭✭✭brevity


    J. Marston wrote: »
    Elephants are majestic.

    Yea Elephants are a close 2nd for me.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 473 ✭✭Pissartist


    females


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    Take a wild guess... ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    BeerWolf wrote: »
    Take a wild guess... ;)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    What!?!? Ripped off again!!


    I also have a flying cat.


    I watched one of mine literally walk up a sheer wall recently. Breathtaking


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭AudreyHepburn


    Dogs - loyal, intelligent and always happy to see you. There’s nothing nicer than opening the hall door to two happy faces and two wagging tails. I love my two boys more than anything and would be lost without them.

    If we’re talking about wild animals it has to be the tiger - they are absolutely stunning creatures and so majestic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭Greentopia


    Cats, especially Maine Coons. Don't have any now because I have to be away sometimes, but they're wonderful creatures and I want to get two when I'm more settled.

    Love dogs too though, so it's a hard choice.

    Favourite wild animal would have to be elephants. Strong, intelligent, sensitive, have strong family bonds, what's not to love.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,313 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Rabbit


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