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19-05-2008, 02:49 AM
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A bonobo is an extremely 'horny' primate. |
20-05-2008, 12:50 AM
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I would be a stray cat.
Not really feeling like I belong anywhere.
Hang out with other strays, not knowing where they belong.
Not trusting of people; prepared to claw if they try to pet me.
Wanting a warm place to stay but feel undeserving
Willing to accept scraps instead of pursuing a confident existence
Suspicious of kind acts; thinking it is most likely a trap or dog catcher and I will end up in the pound counting down my days of survival.
Jumpy and run at the sound of any loud noise.
Feel safe when hidden |
20-05-2008, 08:11 AM
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I've described myself as a wounded puppy before when it came to PTSD. I run and hide and if someone reaches out I might snap at them out of fear even if they were only trying to help. Other than that I'm probably a lot like a laughing hyena. I like to laugh! |
20-05-2008, 01:20 PM
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| |  Bonobos
A bonobo looks like a chimp, but they do everything in exchange for sex. They have sex 100 times a day, and do it in exchange for food, water, just to be friends with benefits, because it's lunchtime, because it's Tuesday...
honestly I thing bonobos have more energy for sex than any other creature on earth. They don't discriminate. |
28-08-2008, 02:42 AM
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28-08-2008, 08:24 PM
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If I were an animal, I'd be a panda! |
29-08-2008, 01:35 AM
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I think I would be an elephant. Just kind of a big lug walking around, not worrying too much, eating all day and remembering things. |
29-08-2008, 05:44 AM
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I have been like a small dog kept in a crate. Unable to venture out because I'm frightened of what I will find. It is safe in the small space I have created. I know what to expect, I control what happens. I'm finding though that lately I can step out, begining to trust one person. Hoping beyond hope that they won't hurt me like he did. I run back to the safety of the crate often and have to be coaxed out again. Sometimes I can exist comfortably with the door open watching the world. From a distance it doesn't look so bad, it's when you are right in the middle of it that it can hurt. I know I'll find a place to be safe outside the crate, it will just take time.
OK, sorry if that sounded like such a downer but I it really is how I feel.
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29-08-2008, 09:24 AM
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In addition, if I were an elephant, I would not have to care how I looked, I could bathe in mud, and roll in the dirt whenever I felt like.
It might be kind of sporting to go thundering through the occasional village as well. I wouldn't actually hurt anyone, I'd just like to watch them run.
I could also occaionally sneak up to a lion while he was napping, put my trunk next to his ear, and trumpet as loud as I could, just to watch him jump. |
29-08-2008, 01:00 PM
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Great thread!!!!!!!!! I especially love the Bonobo reference.
