My favourite 2 animals have gotta be :

The Meerkat, I love these little guys, they’re so funny when they pop their heads out of a tunnel and dart their head around looking for potential threats or curiosity. And also cos of the Meerkat adverts.

The Jaguar, this big danger kitty has got the strongest jaws of the big cats and is the unofficial mascot of Brazil. I just like the design of this animal and sheer power that it brings to the food chain below it. An absolutely deadly and beautiful creature.

What about you guys? Got any favourites from the animal kingdom and why?

  • Zathras@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    Elephants!!! They have a beautiful family structure that looks out for one another. They grieve for their dead. Genuinely able to feel and relay emotions through actions and vocal intonations. Their trunk is such a neat and unique appendage. Generally are gentle giants as long as they aren’t being threatened.

  • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
    41·
    7 days ago

    I’m biased, I just sorta… Like all animals. All of them. So this reply is just my mood for today:

    Mammal: Raccoon. The grabby hands, the masks, they’re just cool little guys

    Bird: Crows. Clever and playful caw caw boys. Capable of incredible feats of animal intelligence.

    Reptile: Tegu. The cats of the lizard world.

    Amphibian: Poison dart frogs. Danger bois. Don’t touch. But they look so cool.

    Fish: fish are not valid

    Crustacean: Coconut crabs! They are big and cool.

    Insect: Ants. Eusocial insects are really cool.

    Mollusk: those really big snails that look like slime bunnies

    Worm: Leeches. They’re cool to look at.

    Arachnid: Jumping spider. They are smols.

    • RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      6 days ago

      I saw a video on youtube about an ant supercolony maybe 20 years ago now and ants have been super fascinating ever since. They farm fungi! They ranch aphids! They have designated trash dumps! They go to war and take slaves! They build ventilation chimneys (whatever they’re called) so air can move around in the colony tunnels!

  • anon6789@lemmy.world
    7·
    7 days ago

    I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t promote the superb Owl!

    Stealth

    Great Eye Sight

    Many have 3D hearing to “see” under leaves or snow

    Near silent flight

    Can rotate their head 270 degrees

    Tremendously strong grip strength

    Beautiful and effective camo for any environment

    Have settled almost everywhere on Earth but Antarctica (so far!)

    Great facial expressions

    Diverse vocalizations

    They can control positioning of individual feathers to either thermoregulate or to change the focus of their hearing.

    Their eyes dilate individually to maintain peak vision when one eye is in a shadow, but the other in the sun.

    Have a third eyelid to protect those special peepers while fighting, eating, or from dryness and abrasion in flight.

    And I’m sure I forgot a few things, but that’s a good start to the amazing world of owls!

  • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    Cheetahs have always been my favorite. It’s not that they’re the fastest land animal that fascinates me, but how. Dogs are so funny to watch run because they’re so goofy, but even the fastest dogs get going maybe 40 miles an hour. They spend a lot of time off the ground in their stride. And if you’re not in contact with the ground, you’re slowing down. Cheetahs keep their strides very low to the ground and spend little time in the air. Additionally, their long, muscular, flexible spine allows them to treat it kind of like a leaf spring. And the long tails are gorgeous.

    And if that wasn’t enough, they meow and purr, too.