zoochat's favourite animal.

nice, I guess I don't really dispised any animal. Any animal on display at a zoo I will usually like except maybe bugs, spider etc. not to say I don't appreciate them or are scared of them
 
Mammals:

1) Okapi (I've never seen one in person except for a stuffed specimen at Melbourne Museum.)
2) Chital Deer (and pretty much every other deer...There's just something about them.)
3) Blackbuck
4) Red Fox (Australians will hate me for that but I really do like them.)
5) Platypus

Birds:

1) Mandarin Duck
2) Jabiru/Black-necked Stork
3) Brush Turkey
4) Pekin Robin
5) Bleeding Heart Pigeon

Also my favorite single animals are
1) Bong-Su-The male asian elephant at Melbourne Zoo
2) Dora-The male Indian Rhino at Western Plains Zoo
3) Silva-A female Australian Fur Seal at Melbourne Zoo who has a scar around her neck.
 
King Penguins for the birds
Okapi Mammals
Green Anaconda Reptiles
Goliath Beetle - Invert
Natterjack Toad - Amphib
Bull Shark - Fish

birds rule :D
 
This is a hard one for me, but here we go;

Mt. lion
Lorikeet
Prevosts squirrel
All bats
Radiated tortoise
Cotton top and golden lion tamarin
Capuchin
and the list could go on and on:D
 
tree kangaroos (all species, but I'm particularly fond of the dingiso)
 
Blackduiker

Puma
Coquerel's Sifaka
Koala
Okapi
Gorilla
Snow Leopard
Mountain Tapir

And that's just a few of the mammals.
 
1.) Tamandua
2.) Hippo (River & Pygmy)
3.) Tree Kangaroo
4.) Polar Bear
5.) Manatee (I will finally see one at a zoo when I go to Columbus this summer!)
 
My top 10 would have to be in no particular order

GemsBok
Bengal Tiger
Amur Leopard
Any Vulture
Yellow Mongoose
Mandrill
Any Crocodile
Red Wolf
Polar Bear
Golden Eagle
 
My Top 5 would be:

1) Brown Bear
2) Puma
3) Siamang Gibbon
4) Elephant (Both)
5) Tigers (Any)
 
I'm going to do my top 5 for Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Inverts.

Mammals:
1) All Rhinoceros Species. Probaby Javan or black the most.
2) Both types of Orang-Utan
3) Mountain Gorillas
4) Clouded Leopard
5) Siamang

Birds:
1) Bali Starling
2) Rainbow Lorikeet
3) Egyptian Vulture
4) King Penguin
5) Rockhopper Penguin

Reptiles:
1) Philippine Crocodile
2) Reticulated Python
3) Bearded Dragon
4) Thorny Devil
5) Green Anole

Amphibians:
1) Coroborre [sp?] Frog
2) Red-Eyed Tree Frog
3) Mission Golden-Eyed Tree Frog
4) Strawberry Dart Frog
5) Axolotl

Fish:
1) Leopard Shark
2) Long-Nosed Elephant Fish
3) Ornamental Koi Carp
4) Whale Shark
5) Basking Shark

Inverts:
1) Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly
2) Peledies Blue Morpho Butterfly
3) Glass-Wing Butterfly
4) Atlas Moth
5) Owl Butterfly
 
My top ten favorite animals are:


1. Fossa

2. Aye Aye

3. Borneo Bay Cat

4. Drill

5. Boomslang

6. Rhinoceros Viper

7. Mara

8. Bornean Orang

9. Golden Babirusa

10. Bornean Pygmy Elephant


If pets count then my favorite would be Boston Terrier and Chugs.
 
My top 10:
1.Elephants(Both Species)
2.Jaguar
3.Leopard(Mostly Africans and Amur)
4.White Rhinos
5.Gray Wolves
6.Eastern Bongos
7.Florida Panther
8.African Wild Dogs
9.Sumatran Tigers
10.Monk Parakeet
 
Top 10 Creatures in no particular order:

Orangs (both types)
Chimps
Gorillas
Bonobos
Okapi
Lemurs (any kind but have a particular affection for black and White ruffs)
Lions (I'm not fussy I adore them all)
Hammerkops
Ostriches
Racoon dogs

I realise that with all the sub species involved I've racked up quite a list, but hey Ho! :D
 
Number 1 without any doubt would be beluga whales.
The rest in no particular order:
Bats
Bison
Wolves
Sharks ( all 400 or so species)
Polar bears
Oliphants ( or elephants to those not living in Middle Earth)
Owls (any kind)
Manatees
Rats (whoever called them nuisances needs to be, well,I'll be nice and say they need to care for them long term before judging)
 
tree kangaroos (all species, but I'm particularly fond of the dingiso)

I agree has to be my favourite tree kangaroo species. In any list of favourite animals to see Marsupials always come top of my lists. Would love to see Numbats and Tassie Devils, unfortunately not much hope of that here in the UK.
 
My list would be;

Mammals

Bonobo
Gorilla, (all three)
Chimpanzee
Orangutan, (both)
Elephant, (both)

Birds

Raven
Cockatoos, (all types)
Parrots, (all types)
Mynahs and their allies
Geese, (all types)

Herptiles

Reticulated Python
Leopard Gecko
Milksnake
Axolotl
Poison Dart Frogs, (all types)
 
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