Do you have an animal totem?

Hmmm, this question makes me a little bitter because secretly I always wanted a really interesting animal totem. Something obscure like the duckbilled platypus (or even as my husband calls our cat a duckfilled fattypuss...hehe). Or maybe something glamorous like a golden eagle or etherial and mystic like a white horse. Even something a bit dark like a spider or a vulture would have been fine. But no, I was claimed by the rodents, specifically the rats though as you know I do have a special affinity with degus. I don't really mind, rats are a bit of an underdog in the animal kingdom and I kind of see myself as their champion. So on Sunday afternoons when you see families down at the local park feeding the ducks, if you are looking for me you will probably find me in the middle of a load of bushes surreptitiously feeding my bread to the rats instead. I get some funny looks but on the whole I reckon the rats appreciate the bread more than the ducks.

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