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Deutsch · 05-05-2006, 01:38 AM

I use to be a big time animal lover as a kid, I think I even wanted to be a trainer for Orca's at Sea World. To the point, my favorite animal is the aforementioned: The Orca, Killer Whale, Sea Wolf, etc. I have a huge appreciation and respect for their level of intellengence(the highest of any animal/mammal excluding humans), and their natural habitat which is unfortunately, thanks to us, heavily polluted. They're size is imposing but they are probably some of the most docile creatuers known to man in their natural enviorment. At the same time they are the top preadators of the sea, known to consume the often mistaken top predator of the sea, the great white shark. Killer Whales have even been known to eat Polar Bears, and that is not some freak occurence, while it doesn't happen as often as Orca's consuming seals and fish, polar bears are very much known to be apart of their diet, and when no food is around(this was discovered over 30 years ago) it has been discovered that they will resort to cannibalism.

Interesting tid bit on Killer Whale Behavior/ Intellegence:

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More unusally, Orca have also be known to co-operate with humans in the hunting of other whales. One famous incidence of this was near the port of Eden in South-Eastern Australia in the 1920s. A pod of Orca, led by a dominant male called Old Tom, would assist whalers in hunting baleen whales - the Orca would find the target whales, shepherd them into Twofold Bay and then alert the whalers to their presence and often help to kill the whales. In return the whalers allowed the orcas to eat the tongue and lips of the whale before hauling it ashore.

The Emperor · 05-05-2006, 02:58 AM

Tiger!

bum-man · 05-05-2006, 03:07 AM

Osnabrueck · 05-05-2006, 03:07 AM

I saw this thing called a "Bearcat" on TV the other day. I thought it was awesome.

Aside from that, I'm just an animal lover in general.

Just_me · 05-05-2006, 03:26 AM

the great white shark

dOmInIX · 05-05-2006, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Osnabrueck

I saw this thing called a "Bearcat" on TV the other day. I thought it was awesome.

Aside from that, I'm just an animal lover in general.

Hahaha, where the heck that thing lives Osna???

Looks like a clown!

MikeJ · 05-05-2006, 05:11 AM

My favorites:

MoSs AMG · 05-05-2006, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by TycoonGTR

Tiger!

same here

white tigers , and lions too

Mirage77 · 05-05-2006, 05:28 AM

From young, I've always amazed at the grace of the killer whales. I got inspired from Free Willy I guess.

Merc1 · 05-05-2006, 05:47 AM

I'm a huge fan of the big cats. My favorite always alternates between the Bengal Tiger and the African Leopard. The Tiger is bigger, prettier and even more fierce than the Lion. The Lion gets the "king of the jungle" title, but that really isn't true from all the wildlife stuff I've seen. True a male Lion wil attack anything Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos...he isn't as cunning or dangerous to his prey as a Tiger is. The Leopard is much smaller but he is all muscle and is mainly one seen at night - love that. Any animal that can carry 2-3 times his own body weight up a tree gets my respect. Pound for pound he is the most impressive of the big cats. Tiger, Leopard, and then the Lion. Though Lions are the most fun to watch because they way they coordinate their hunting and live in "prides". Nothing looks more impressive (as in deadly) than seeing 6-8 Lion heads poking up though the grass on the plains of Africa! The Jaguar, similar to the Leopard also deserves mention as does the Cheetah and Snow Leopard.

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Merc1 Aficionado Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Aurora IL USA Posts: 4,291 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Your favorite animal I'm a huge fan of the big cats. My favorite always alternates between the Bengal Tiger and the African Leopard. The Tiger is bigger, prettier and even more fierce than the Lion. The Lion gets the "king of the jungle" title, but that really isn't true from all the wildlife stuff I've seen. True a male Lion wil attack anything Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos...he isn't as cunning or dangerous to his prey as a Tiger is. The Leopard is much smaller but he is all muscle and is mainly one seen at night - love that. Any animal that can carry 2-3 times his own body weight up a tree gets my respect. Pound for pound he is the most impressive of the big cats. Tiger, Leopard, and then the Lion. Though Lions are the most fun to watch because they way they coordinate their hunting and live in "prides". Nothing looks more impressive (as in deadly) than seeing 6-8 Lion heads poking up though the grass on the plains of Africa! The Jaguar, similar to the Leopard also deserves mention as does the Cheetah and Snow Leopard. M

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