What animal would you become?

[Mona0622]

In Deep Wizardry, Nita and Kit turn into whales. If you could become any animal, which animal would you choose?

I'd choose the dolphin, b/c they r my favorite animal. i love how they r so smooth and fast in the water. (i swim) my room is like a shrine to them i have so much dolphin stuff. also many sharks r scared of them.

Shoot for the moon. If you miss, at least you'll be among the stars. ~Les Brown

[Nita_Kit]

I would turn into a cat, or a bird. A cat so I could sneek around more, and a bird so I could fly, something I have always wanted to do.

[Rhi]

I'm already an animal, what're you talking about? *licks paw and washes face with tail twitching playfully* Of course I'd be a cat, they rock! I'd love to be cute and fluffy with sharp teeth and claws Also there's that beautiful feline grace that cats have, they just seem to glide...

[wildflower]

I wouldn't. For one thing, I'm perfectly okay with being human, and for another... remember when S'reee was warning Nita about getting "stuck" as a whale? It's not like you could just become an animal for fun, whenever you wanted- think of all the risks. If there was a good reason to change into another animal, I assume you wouldn't have too much of a choice as to which.

Risks and everything else aside, if I had a choice for whatever reason, I guess I wouldn't mind trying to be some type of bird (but just for a couple hours, at best). I'm not too big on the idea of being on all-fours, in general, and I have some vague, inexplicable fear of the ocean; I also doubt that I will ever convince myself to get on a plane, but at the same time, flying in general seems pretty cool. [Edit- I forgot to rule out bugs. I wouldn't want to be a bug, either, even if some of them can fly. I don't hate bugs, I'm just against being easily squished or eaten.]

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[W.I.T.]

i'd be a black and white bengal tiger, but i'd want my black stripes to look kinda blue in the light (so i'm a bit picky). they're really beautiful and i love cats, tigers, lions, and such. cats are awesome to me. plus, no one messes with tigers . or other big cats. but i wouldn't want to _stay_ a tiger. i like being human, but to be able to _change_ into one would be completely awesome.

[KizzyShima]

If I had to be a real animal, I'd probably be a cat--and find out what my own cats have been thinking. Because they are rather clever creatures.

I'd prefer to be a dragon, though, if surreal animals work too. Flying, huge, AND breathing fire. Sounds good to me.

[fred22]

For those of you who don't know me, then I would want to be an eagle. Not stuck as one, but I'd think it would be so cool to soar above forests and dive to the ground with deadly force and avoid it swiftly.

[Emi]

If I could be changed in to an animal I'd want to be a dog, because I think that they're really cool. It would be neat to see if they really are color blind, and be able to use all their senses(smelling).

I love doggies, and I'd love to see what my dog sees every day.

[Mel]

Perhaps I would be best as a porpoise or dolphin (what's the difference, anyway?).

Or..rather...squid? Nah. You know, maybe I would be a whale! If I wasn't a whale, I would be a deer. Or at least pretend I was a deer, I'm nowhere's near as graceful. Or beautiful. *shrugs* I'm going to have to think about this one a lot. I'll come back and edit this!

[Dragon Writer]

i'd be a dragon. (if the magic to mystically turn into a dragon existed, who's the heck to say dragons don't, and i can't turn into one. :P) why? because i like dragons! *Figured everyone knew this by now* well, i like MY version of dragons anyways....quick to anger, sometimes, but quick to forgive, powerful, but graceful...generous (usually) but not kind to those who would take without permission...and VERY intelligent.

[kurohyou]

If I were an animal I would be a black jaguar because they are so strong and graceful. I think It woud be so cool to jump up into trees like they do, and be able to see at night.

(kurohyou -also kurohyo- means black jaguar/panther in japanese)

[Kathy Li]

A white-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus. Because I'm a Californian. And because I think they're beautiful, I'm fascinated with raptors, and I'd love to be able to fly. Not to mention having red eyes is just cool. They're a personal obsession of mine, and I love to tromp up and down the back canyons in my neighborhood to see them.

[Tuttle]

There are two animals I would be debating between for different reasons.

The first, and more obvious one is of course, the turtle, specifically a sea turtle, since they're my favourites of the turtles, but any one of the turtle varieties (tortoise or terrapins too) would be nice. I've always been obsessed with turtles and it would be nice in a way, to see that point of view and understand better.

The second is probably the more amusing reason, and that's since recently I became interested in the legends and the stories behind the legends of the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie" TARGET=_blank>
Selkie</A>A seal being able to transform into the human by shedding of the seal skin. Even more amusingly I looked into what the origin of these myths are, and its amusing Finns in kayaks. The whole selkie discussion began by people always calling Jono a selkie, then I realized after getting him interested in kayaking, that he was really one. In that whole, he's a Finn kayaker who has the obsession with the water and all that. And I'm even more of both a Finn and a kayaker. And it'd be amusing to be more selkie-like in form. Of course the stories of selkies are often depressing romances, but what about the home and life in the sea?

[Wizard Girl]

i'd love to be able to change into a red-eyed tree frog. i've always thought they look so interesting with their big red eyes. i wouldn't want to _stay_ one though, just be one for a few hours at a time.

[Garrett Fitzgerald]

After reading Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series, I'd have to vote for otter. Seregil makes a very good one, apparently. :-)