If there's only one animal species to inhabit the Earth with humans, which species would you prefer and why?
Dogs? Cows? Cats? Birds? Pandas?
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Cows.
Milk and hamburgers.
Bacon rules, so I would have to say pigs. A world without cheese would make me sad, but a world without bacon would make me kill myself.
Cats. They are cute and funny but still have attitude. Hopefully people wouldn’t eat them either. Can we still have fishes in the sea to feed the Cats?
Dogs.
I love cats, but they’re more cute than useful, at least in an urban setting.
“Man’s best friend” that’s right, dawgs.
Loyal, dependable & tons of fun.
Dogs. They’re my favourite animal and it will mean I still have a job (I’m a dog trainer!)
All these dogs would have to be vegetarian – I’m not sure that would work out so well! I’ll vote horses, since they’d never miss the other animals.
Edit: But then I saw @jerv‘s remark about cheese… I’m afraid I’m going to have to go with cows.
Chickens! Eggs and any chicken dish you can name!
Only one? What are we going to eat?
Cows. I’m sure we can find a way to make a ‘beef bacon’ or get used to beef jerky as a substitute. I could not do without cheese in its many wondrous forms and icecream. No one had better take away my chocolate ice cream. (and yes, I’ve tried the soy alternatives and they are horrible)
Camels. You can ride them, eat them if you have to and their milk is amazing.
@zensky Yes, I didn’t know camels are eaten until I saw an episode in a food channel here. How do you think it tastes compared to beef?
It seems no one wants an Earth populated by cute pandas. Lol.
Chickens!!! Egg dishes but most importantly the chicken itself!
Ditto @Mat74UK :)
@zensky Yes, but camel eggs are disgusting.
@cazzie Yes but you can’t ride a cow in the desert like a camel and do it Lawrence of Arabia style. < Cue the music theme > Lol.
The bacon isn’t anything to write home about either.
No way I can choose between my 3 favorite animals. Cats, horses and geese.
All you need for a little farm.
Cats kill the mice that eat the grain the horses plow that feed the geese that make the eggs that are layed in the barn of the house that Coloma built. lol
Sheep: they keep things fertilized and the lawn mowed at the same time.
@cazzie Oops, well, the mice are expendable. lol
Giraffes. Or possibly bluebirds.
Kind of has to be an herbivore, right? And we don’t want anything that would get out of control without predators which eliminates Guinea pigs.
Honey Bees (so that my fruit trees continue to get pollenated).
I think @gondwanalon wins this round!
(though they don’t need to be specifically honey bees).
A species that is delicious enough to be eaten if necessary, strong and fast enough to be used as means of transport, not vicious, pleasant to look at…hmmm…
Horses?
Goats.
Milk, cheese, meat, wool.
And they mow the lawn.
We can’t get rid of insects. I was in no way even contemplating insects in this scenario. (puts on her Dr. Sheldon Cooper voice). Insects are a completely different branch of animal. If you get rid of insects, then you have to go all the way back and destroy the coral reefs and that just won’t work. We will all die, whether we have fruit on our trees or bacon! No.. no… no. This just won’t do. I think I’m going to have to work on one of my very special agreement documents to make this work.
Bacteria? Or bees? I don’t get the premise of this question because without biodiversity… We, as a species, would be royally fucked. And by royally fucked I mean dead.
To repeat an earlier thought of mine: Animals are good people. Are people good animals?
@marinelife . . . soilent green?
Dogs again, ‘cuz they’re dogs.
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