animals and aspergers

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Yes. Hyenas are awesome.
Better than humans anyway.

I always talk to animals. i dont care what anybody thinks about it!

I talk to Flo all the time. I sing to her as well. We have conversations.

This is Alfie, an orphaned fox cub. He's a red fox but was silver when he was small.

I adore animals. To me, they are more than any human and have meaning. I understand animals deeply and I do have to "guess" what they are thnking (like I do with neurotypicals). I never have the worry, with animals, they are being deceptive or "pretending." I seem to know their thoughts, feelings, etc. and vice versa.

I loved the photos - hi Dermet and Jonnie. And the little fox - love you all.

I have not told anyone, but my cat, Sigmund, died last Monday and I'm not ok (no words).

I live in AK and I love wildlife......I have had moose, for instance, let me approach. Please note: I do not have a "Bambie" philosophy! I respect wild animals and their privacy; I know their power.

I'm sorry about your cat

Sorry to hear about your cat, Labpet. Our bunny, Peski, died a couple of years ago and we still miss him.

I'm sorry about Sigmund,LabPet.

This is strange. I never was able to connect with animals, and I always chalked it up to AS! A few times people questioned me, and I said "ehhhh... maybe it's an Asperger's thing. I have a hard enough time connecting with entitities who are sentient and can use language." It's actually surprising to me that many of you claim that Aspies connect to animals to a greater than typical degree.

When I was 7 my dad bought me a puppy, thinking it would help. It didn't, I'm afraid.

I could never get a pet... the pet just wouldn't be happy. To me, an animal is a statue made out of meat that moves, makes noise, makes a mess, and s**ts and pisses. I would never be cruel to an animal and I think the factory farm system is a travesty, etc., but pets just aren't for me. I could see myself living with roommates who had pets... and if I ever had my own family, I'd be okay with the other members having pets, as long as I didn't have to lift one finger to contribute to its daily maintenance.

Sometimes I think that certain people would think that that makes me a bad person. That attitude perplexes me. Just because I'm not a fan of animals? I mean, I'm inches from being a radical environmentalist and if I saw someone torturing an animal I'd probably get violent on the torturer... but animals just don't do anything for me personally.

I have a gorgeous little bunny rabbit called Jenifer! I have always got on better with her than with people. When I was little I used to speak to spiders, ants, beatles and cats!

I'm sorry about your cat. I lost mine in January. I think due to the cat food that was tainted. She had kidney failure. From the look on her face it was extremely painful...

Wow that is amazing I also had a half siamese black and white cat called Samantha "Sammy" she was 16 when she died last year and a very cool cat. I am a huge cat lover (not really other animals) at the moment I have a 12 year old cat called Clive Ginger "CG" and my favourite cat ever was called Euphemia. If you would like to see pictures go to www.myspace.com/catrionaajt.

I love animals, but not frogs, because i am scared of them.
My dog is specially trained for the needs ive had.
I still prefer cats though.
And rats even more so.
Birds are cool to,
quails make me laugh! Ah and they are te size of bumblebees when they are first hatched.