• Question: What is you favourite animal

    Asked by popcorn32 to Clare, Divya, Ian, Jess, Lewis on 17 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Lewis Dean

      Lewis Dean answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      I think that my favourite animals are chimps. They are really smart and so much fun. They are also really sneaky – they like to throw things (like poo) at researchers. I know that sounds like it should be a reason not to like them, but for me that makes them even more adorable (yeah, call me weird!).

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      Ian Hands-Portman answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      They’re terrible pests but grey squirrels are great. A tree blew down at work years ago with a drey in it, there was one surviving baby and her eyes were still shut. Even though it was illegal ( the law says you have to kill them ) I bottle raised her and had her for ten years in the house.

      They’re incredibly smart – easily as smart as a dog and easy to train, fast and cuddly. They also don’t throw poo at you! Though she used to stuff nuts in my ear…

    • Photo: Jess Smith

      Jess Smith answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      I love dogs a lot. They are just awesome and all the different breeds are so different.

      As for wild animals I love tigers!

    • Photo: Clare Nevin

      Clare Nevin answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      I think whales (cetaceans) are incredible. They are intelligent and so diverse. The biggest mammal on the earth is the blue whale and it’s heart alone weighs 600 kg (the weight of about 100 of me!). Beluga whales are beautiful white whales that live in the arctic and are very sociable animals, living in groups of 10 or more. They have excellent hearing so that they can detect holes in the ice to get up for air. Then there is the Killer Whale who’s hunting patterns you might have seen on TV – they are skilled, clever killers and it is amazing to see how they hunt in groups with such calculated organisation. I think these animals are intriguing – and even more so because many people will never get to see them – all the more reason to support their protection against whalers!

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