Favorite Wild Animals?

9361 · 12-04-2010, 12:08 AM

What are your favorite wild animals? Mine are wolves, panda's, and pretty much any big cat.

Oh and I also love polar bears!!!

For ocean life, my favorite is the killer whale.

ashes · 12-04-2010, 12:12 AM

Mine would be tigers, orca's, oraguntan's, wolves..and so much more lol

jayandlacy · 12-04-2010, 01:03 AM

I love apes. LoL, gorillas are they apes? I have loved them since before I can even remember. I used to look out my grandparents back window into the darkness and tell my grandpa that theres gorill la la las out there when I was around 4yrs old.

9361 · 12-04-2010, 01:10 AM

Gorrilla's are different than apes, but I am not sure how. I think it's an alligator/crocodile thing.

aimee235 · 12-04-2010, 01:41 AM

My favorite is tigers.

pitbullmamanatl $Infraction Award$ · 12-04-2010, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jayandlacy

I love apes. LoL, gorillas are they apes? I have loved them since before I can even remember. I used to look out my grandparents back window into the darkness and tell my grandpa that theres gorill la la las out there when I was around 4yrs old.

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Originally Posted by Shes Got Heart

Gorrilla's are different than apes, but I am not sure how. I think it's an alligator/crocodile thing.

Hominoidea or anthropoid apes - tail-less primates
Includes gibbons, orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and humans
Modern species evolved from same ancestral stock that produced humans
DNA evidence indicates divergence from human line 5-7 million years ago
DNA of chimpanzees and humans is 98.4% similar
Similarities in the proteins hemoglobin and myoglobin indicate that the chimpanzee is our closest relative
Hylobatidae - Gibbons - The most primitive branch of the tail-less apes
Pongidae - Orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas
Hominidae - Humans

**American_Pit13** · 12-04-2010, 02:07 AM

I am a Roo person. Having been able to raise many Kangaroos myself I love them and appreciate them as wild animals.

aprilortego · 12-04-2010, 02:12 AM

My favorite wildlife animal is a Raccoon, I raised some when I was younger and I loved it, I also, like owls and any big cat

dixieland · 12-04-2010, 02:13 AM

I loooove and obsese (sp) about alligators,crocodiles,and anything in the related families.I don't know why,it's always been this way with me since I was a kid.They are my favorite animals of all and if I could work with them, I would.

pitbullmamanatl $Infraction Award$ · 12-04-2010, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by pitbullmamanatl

Hominoidea or anthropoid apes - tail-less primates
Includes gibbons, orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and humans
Modern species evolved from same ancestral stock that produced humans
DNA evidence indicates divergence from human line 5-7 million years ago
DNA of chimpanzees and humans is 98.4% similar
Similarities in the proteins hemoglobin and myoglobin indicate that the chimpanzee is our closest relative
Hylobatidae - Gibbons - The most primitive branch of the tail-less apes
Pongidae - Orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas
Hominidae - Humans

I guess this would help clarify. There are prosimians in the primate order which are tree shrews etc and then there are anthropoidea which are monkeys, apes, and humans
Monkeys
New World monkeys or Ceboidea - not involved in evolution of humans

Includes spider monkey, capuchin, and marmosete Most are small and have prehensile tails. The oldest fossils are Oligocene from South America.

Then there are Old World monkeys or Cercopithecoidea which are baboons, mandrills, macaques, rhesus monkeys, and Barbary ape. Their nostrils are close together and directed downward like in humans. Their tails are not prehensile.

9361 · 12-04-2010, 03:46 AM

Great info, very interesting. thanks for posting pitbullmamanatl

MY MIKADO · 12-04-2010, 04:03 AM

This is a hard question. I have a hard time saying one or two things are my favorites of anything. I love each animal for its own uniqueness. I saw a fox today and my heart got just happy. He was so beautiful and in good shape too. I see Ravens everyday on my way to work I know that my day will be just fine as they are watching over me. The Bear omg to see a bear is a wonderful thing I like knowing that I have one down the road makes me feels safe. The wolves, the dear, the chipmunk all are special and very dear to me.

**william williamson** · 12-04-2010, 04:08 AM

alligators,wolverines,and any and all snakes.
I also like the bonobo monkey.or the dwarf chimpanzee.

Saint Francis · 12-04-2010, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by pitbullmamanatl

I guess this would help clarify. There are prosimians in the primate order which are tree shrews etc and then there are anthropoidea which are monkeys, apes, and humans
Monkeys
New World monkeys or Ceboidea - not involved in evolution of humans

Includes spider monkey, capuchin, and marmosete Most are small and have prehensile tails. The oldest fossils are Oligocene from South America.

Then there are Old World monkeys or Cercopithecoidea which are baboons, mandrills, macaques, rhesus monkeys, and Barbary ape. Their nostrils are close together and directed downward like in humans. Their tails are not prehensile.

Damn mama!!!!! You are on it!!! To the OP, snakes ( cause I raised many), monitors, and THE GREAT WHITE SHARK, there is no creature I fear more.

Coiler · 12-04-2010, 06:24 AM

Reptiles in the wild are awesome.. but my favorite wild animal(s) would have to be the Wolves and Mustangs that we get around here. Nothing more amazing the hearing wolves howl or seeing a herd of mustangs running free.