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If you were going to live a life as an animal, which animal would you choose? (hexbear.net)

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And we're operating under the assumption you will live a fulfilling life as this animal. We do not talk about the ~~war~~ climate.

I'd like to be a grizzly or a raccoon.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If I were to live life as an animal, presumably meaning all my memories and consciousness and personality and sapience and whatever else get transferred to this animal... Then it's gotta be a common raven, I'd think.

Ravens in the wild tend to live 10~15 years, but in captivity with ideal living conditions, ravens are believed to be able to live up to 50 years, the oldest verified raven reaching 44 years of age. And I can fuck with that. Ravens reach maturity at three years of age, and I'm in my early 20s, so let's say I start my life as a four-year-old raven.

Ravens are also able to mimic human speech, and that's really the main draw for me. There are other perks to being a raven, too, but that's the big one. Like I'm sure there's a lot of people who'd like to have a low-demand talking raven as a pet.

...You know what, fuck it, make me albino and send me to a mochi shop, I am ready.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

Also added benefit: they can fucking FLY!!!! For real though this is a good response. I would fuck with people so hard if I was transplanted into a ravens body. I'd just perch near random people and be like "Deeeeath comes for you...sqwuaaaack!" and fly away.