Brontosaurus or maybe a giant manta ray
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Something with an incredibly short life span preferably
first thought is fruit fly but no gotchas so when you turn back you won't be incredibly old or anything. the transformation will not help you stay young or get old fast as a human but I guess if you stayed in fly form to long. that could be bad.
I think staying in fly from sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. I guess I missed the whole turning back into a human part. As long as there's not some bullshit reincarnation clause or something.
3 toed sloth is about my speed
See username. I could probably name a better bird for what I want, but hawk is literally right there. Not actually what it means in my username, but hey, if the shoe fits...
...as to why, it's basically just flight.
And those eyes
Black bear. I could explore the woods around my house with my new bad ass senses. I'd be the toughest dude in the hood, no other animals could fuck with me. It's illegal for humans to shoot me and we all love our bears anyway. I could finally figure out where the deer sleep and track down the coyotes I've never got close too. Plenty of fish in the creek and the swamp it comes from and plenty of trash cans in the hood. I'd chill out on people's car hoods and porches just to freak 'em out. What a lovely life.
BONUS: If I see the redneck hunter out there that hates me, I'd follow him at a distance every time he sets foot out there. 😈🖤
I guess if you want a plant that would be fair game.
In that case, I would choose a quaking aspen based on the specimen named Pando. I would have a vast array of sizes at my disposal, from as small as a single seed to as large as the 106 acres that Pando covers.
I want to escape from somewhere? Turn into a seed. I want to destroy an environment? Turn into a giant network of trees.
I'm thinking a goose, or a swan. Something where I get to fly but can also hang out on the water and just float.
Let's not forget Zeus turned into a Swan to have sex with the Queen of the Spartans. So that'd also be on the table.
Bear
Golden Eagle. I could carry groceries.
Beaver. Any day. Favorite animal period. No doubts or worries at all.
I watched a few videos about mink (minks?) a little while back, and they seem pretty neat. Semi-aquatic, tough as nails, and slippery little guys.
Dhole (cuon alpinus). Wild canid in south/east Asia. Pack hunters that communicate with whistles and chirps. Barcode scanner dogs.
Orson Welles. I want to turn into 1970’s Orson Welles.
This dove:
I wanna fly away.
I think a cheetah would be my go. Mostly chill, very cute, excellent at sunbathing, could still play with my dog, and very fucking fast sometimes.
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Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant
Then I would go around abolishing the state.
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Turn into an animal? Wtf are you? I am an animal. Humans are animals... so confused.
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Wolf/husky.
Orca. Sure it wouldn't be useful on about 25% of The Earth's surface, but at least nothing in the ocean is gonna successfully fuck with me.
and you gotta watch out for moose
Orca eat moose, polar bears, and almost everything else, don't gotta watch out for shit. Except humans. Orca don't eat humans.
I always only have 2 answers for this question.
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House cat. You’ll be pampered and have a comfy life. And unlike a dog, you don’t have to show affection to your owner. You can just not give a shit and they’ll find it adorable.
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The only other option is some bird that can travel long distances and isn’t easy prey. That way you get to travel.