Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Goupil (Renard)

Animals I feel a particular bond with:
-Foxes
-Cats
-Dogs
-Wolves
-Sparrowhawks
-Peacocks
-Polar bears
-Horses
-Humans, occasionally, but mostly of the child or naive varieties
-Cheetahs

Why I love Dogs:
-They are awesome
-They are so cute
-They are so loyal
-They are so smart
-They are so loving
-They are so fluffy (the good kinds of dogs are)
-They intimidate strangers
-They are so funny
-They are so warm and cuddly
-They make funny facial expressions when trying to figure out what you are eating and whether or not they will also be eating it with you
-They get so excited about things that seem so basic (food, walking outside, when you come home, when you go into the closet to get a coat and not their leash)
-They are so good at empathizing with humans
-When trained well, they are so obedient
-They have such individual personalities manifest in everything they do
-They sometimes slobber and drool all over the place
-They react really funny if you make animal noises and pretend you didn't to tease them
-They learn quickly when food is involved
-They start their lives as puppies, which are also known as one of the cutest creatures in the animal kingdom, as well as one of the fluffiest

Why I think I am similar to the fox:
-Red hair (don't even dare think that I'm not a redhead)
-Clever
-Looks better in winter for some reason
-Quiet
-Sarcastic (because foxes totally would be sarcastic if they told jokes)
-Loyal (Cf. Le Petit Prince)
-Known for lying (Cf. Le Roman de Renart)
-Trickster
-Ancestor to the chihuahua?
-Known for eating lots of chicken
-On average, consumes 1 kilo of food every day
-Cache excess food for later consumption
-Ruined the Australian wildlife system by driving certain animals to distinction
-Smells different when domesticated
-Sometimes considered to have magical powers in folklore
-Hunted mostly only in Anglo-Saxon countries, but also Italy, France and Russia
-Occasionally catches awful diseases, like Rabies or Mono
-Typically lives in small family groups

1 comment:

Nathan said...

The real test of foxiness is, of course, how many scoredowns the twig-runners can make when you're the player at whack-bat. Divided by nine.