Yeah my intention was no real gotchas outside of whats listed. so you could effectively disapear as you said as a fly but your clothes and such would fall and you would be naked when you turn back. Honestly the clothes effect would likely that much more make people think you vanishe or teleported or were destroyed or something.

With the second part of that comment you sure give off raccoon vibes lmao

Yup! That's it, good find.

thats a real animal that has existed?

this is tempting although maybe an orangatang for me. don't get the travel but yeah close enough to a super strong human.

90s Animorphs kid here. I've been considering this for 30 years.

And I'm not telling

yeah something flying would be nice

what's the apex bird?

And those eyes

I dunno I'll try to befriend some nice sailors, most ppl are reasonably nice to ravens... Into the ocean is out of the question unfortunately

nice combination of mobility and self defense. I had not thought about playing with pets as being a nice factore before.

I actually thought about this as an alternative because of the ability to hide and survive extreme conditions. Its very tempting along with the travel you could do.

Yeah I think one thing that is a bit scary is you have to think about how vulnerable an animal might be. I mean you could turn back into a human but thats not so good in mid air and off course if you don't see it coming.

It is in the land of Ooo

You can go back and forth between animal and human. Save on airline tickets by being an emotional support raven for someone and ride for free. No friend? Fine, buya human ticket and zhwooop, now and have a seat 5 times your size. Never wait in line to poop. Fill up with one meal. So awesome.

Plane crashes? Easy, just open a door as a human and transform in the air.

Raven is the winner.

I always only have 2 answers for this question.

1. House cat. You’ll be pampered and have a comfy life. And unlike a dog, you don’t have to show affection to your owner. You can just not give a shit and they’ll find it adorable.

2. The only other option is some bird that can travel long distances and isn’t easy prey. That way you get to travel.

Orca. Sure it wouldn't be useful on about 25% of The Earth's surface, but at least nothing in the ocean is gonna successfully fuck with me.

What do owls see in the night sky?

I am already an animal, but it might be fun to be another type of animal.

smart won't really matter. no real gotchas here so no matter what you would keep your normal intelligence and ego and such.

what is that?

dark

I. ah. did not think about sexual aspects.

so the criteria is real animals that exist or have existed.

thats a good question. In my area I feel its the hawk but globally no idea?

Pterodactyl I think

My thought process when choosing:

What increases happiness? Food, sex, safety, community.

What decreases happiness? Hunger, loneliness, fear.

https://www.rottnestisland.com/see-do/wildlife-nature/Quokkas

oh man that's not a bird and not even a dinosaur but I pick pterodactyl

He's an alien being capable of freely traveling the universe that is itself filled with hyper advanced societies and advanced technology. He could literally just go pick up an asteroid of solid gold, go to a planet of hyper tech, and buy an advanced tech to Bing back to Earth.

He's also a god like being, he could just personally deal with each individual that currently contributes to a complex systemic issue in an afternoon.

your ability is going to become public fast.

My favourite raccoon clip: https://youtu.be/rfbb4yRBH64

I know, I didn’t pick it

I’d pick something from Star Wars cus that existed a long time ago in a galaxy far far away :p

Do I get to turn back or is it a one and done thing?

If the latter, then probably a blue whale. I don't really want to live as a whale but I do want to know in my dying whale breaths that they'll never get the stench of my bloated 30 ton corpse out of the Australian parliament building.

Hell naw man...

When OP opened talking about hitting the hay, I figured his animal would be a horse.

Turn into an animal? Wtf are you? I am an animal. Humans are animals... so confused.

People say I am a pretty fungi. I would rather be seen as a human.

But also, being a squirrel would be cool.

no real gotchas outside of the stipulated it just your body and not what you are carrying. at will. keep your mind. no percentage life span carry over or such.

I loved that series as a kid. IIRC, one of the most useful morphs they had was a house fly because of flight, hard to catch, and most people ignore you as long as you stay out of their way. This allowed them to be a literal fly on the wall in some private meetings with the bad guys.

A sperm whale. So I go to sleep knowing you'll be swimming in everything that comes out of me.

Orangutan would be extra fun in forests. They're way better climbers. You'd essentially be an unusually strong acrobat.

yeah I figure not as strong as gorillas but like pretty close and then the mobility would be cool. its honestly so hard to choose. would be great to be beast boy.

Reminded me of this video optimizing flash. You basically en slave one person so everyone else can live easy life.

This one?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_Boy

yes

Cool. I had never heard of him before.

you know teen titans seemed pretty popular so I did not think much of throwing it out there. they seem to push cyborg into everything.

You know damn well what they mean

"Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."