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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
(8,758 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
(25,218 posts)Walleye
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(25,218 posts)OldBaldy1701E
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(25,218 posts)Polly Hennessey
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(25,218 posts)DBoon
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(25,218 posts)DBoon
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(25,218 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,805 posts)And their babies are beyond adorable!
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(25,218 posts)yellowdogintexas
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yellowdogintexas
(22,264 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
(25,218 posts)Harker
(14,024 posts)I try not to have favorites, exactly, but these three have special places in my soul.
debm55
(25,218 posts)us as individuals. You are very wise.
Harker
(14,024 posts)I have to admit, though, that I can't fully warm up to some life forms.
Different Drummer
(7,621 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)arkielib
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(25,218 posts)dai13sy
(336 posts)Cheetahs, African Elephants and Whales
debm55
(25,218 posts)True Dough
(17,311 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
(25,218 posts)Victor Orban? Kim Jong Un?
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(25,218 posts)RandySF
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(25,218 posts)Phoenix61
(17,006 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
(25,218 posts)creatures.
SARose
(247 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
(25,218 posts)your selection.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 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
(25,218 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)What's not to love??
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)💕
debm55
(25,218 posts)petronius
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(25,218 posts)MFM008
(19,818 posts)And🦈🦈🦈
debm55
(25,218 posts)DFW
(54,410 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
(25,218 posts)Elessar Zappa
(14,004 posts)As you can see, I love big cats!
debm55
(25,218 posts)Ocelot II
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(25,218 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Hathi, the Asian elephant
Bagheera, the black panther
Baloo, the bear
debm55
(25,218 posts)doc03
(35,349 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,204 posts)I think this guy is bad ass - the shoebill stork
https://youtube.com/shorts/7Gqgbj9mIH4?si=afYNSbOVKtjolwDd