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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat are your 3 favorite animals that live outside of the US. Mine are the African Elephant .Panda, and Koala
Traildogbob
(8,909 posts)But for favorite I have to go with gorillas.
Hard to narrow down to one animal. All the big cats are hard not to love and admire.
debm55
(25,786 posts)Walleye
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(25,786 posts)Polly Hennessey
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(25,786 posts)DBoon
(22,432 posts)debm55
(25,786 posts)DBoon
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(25,786 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,821 posts)And their babies are beyond adorable!
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(25,786 posts)yellowdogintexas
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yellowdogintexas
(22,292 posts)Our baby gorilla has been sent to Cleveland, because none of the bonding attempts would work. This is the C-Section gorilla, and her mother would not bond with her and it did not work with the other females. So she is going to Cleveland to a surrogate and will come back to us when she is ready to return to the family here.
We have several young elephants but ours are all Asian. I love the African ones with the big floppy ears
debm55
(25,786 posts)Harker
(14,143 posts)I try not to have favorites, exactly, but these three have special places in my soul.
debm55
(25,786 posts)us as individuals. You are very wise.
Harker
(14,143 posts)I have to admit, though, that I can't fully warm up to some life forms.
Different Drummer
(7,682 posts)debm55
(25,786 posts)arkielib
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(25,786 posts)dai13sy
(347 posts)Cheetahs, African Elephants and Whales
debm55
(25,786 posts)True Dough
(17,396 posts)are they living outside the US to avoid paying US taxes? Because then I'm making a moral judgement and they would rank lower on my list of favorites.
debm55
(25,786 posts)Victor Orban? Kim Jong Un?
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(25,786 posts)RandySF
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(25,786 posts)Phoenix61
(17,028 posts)Elephants due to their amazing social structure.
Cheetahs because they are they friendliest of the big cats.
Albatrosses because they spend the first 6 years of their life over the water.
debm55
(25,786 posts)creatures.
SARose
(279 posts)I think coyotes are fascinating. Go camping in the wilds of West Texas. They will sing you to sleep.
Whooping cranes because
Sea turtles gimme some fin. 😂
debm55
(25,786 posts)your selection.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,511 posts)Lion,Tiger,Caracal
Hey cats of all kinds are my favorite animals. If I could add 3 more it would be leopard,black footed cat and Pallas Cat.
Black footed cats are lethally adorable.
debm55
(25,786 posts)ailsagirl
(22,912 posts)What's not to love??
ailsagirl
(22,912 posts)💕
debm55
(25,786 posts)petronius
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(25,786 posts)MFM008
(19,839 posts)And🦈🦈🦈
debm55
(25,786 posts)DFW
(54,527 posts)Tiggy hasn't been seen in a few thousand years. I hope he's OK................
As for the insect world, there's the veggilobster, the Sedentary Scorpion, and the German Carnival Lady Bug:
Veggilobster:
Sedentary Scorpion:
German Carnival Lady Bug:
The sedentary scorpion may look scary, but its slow metabolism makes a two toed sloth seem like a gerbil with ADD by comparison.
debm55
(25,786 posts)Elessar Zappa
(14,156 posts)As you can see, I love big cats!
debm55
(25,786 posts)Ocelot II
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(25,786 posts)Glorfindel
(9,750 posts)Hathi, the Asian elephant
Bagheera, the black panther
Baloo, the bear
debm55
(25,786 posts)doc03
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(25,786 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,257 posts)I think this guy is bad ass - the shoebill stork
https://youtube.com/shorts/7Gqgbj9mIH4?si=afYNSbOVKtjolwDd