And now, for no particular reason other than that they are wonderful, a list of my favorite animals.
The domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis)
The orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus & P. abelii)
Cephalopods (class Cephalopoda)
The tiger (Panthera tigris)
The Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Allomyrina dichotoma)
The orca (Orcinus orca)
The trilobite (class Trilobita)