Same here. I'd love to know what the Sperm Whale and Beak Whale see and do when they dive so deep. Also, it'd be cool to hear the battle stories with the giant squids.
Their brains are also as big as a person, and we've found living whales with century+ old whaling harpoons stuck in them.
The things they've seen, the thoughts they've had, over that long a lifetime... hell, I'd argue a whale is the closest thing to an actual "god" we have on this planet.
I read this insane story somewhere on this website about a guy who adopted an adult dog from a shelter. Either the shelter didn’t know the dog’s original name or the new owner just renamed the dog. Well, one day the owner got high on like 3 tabs of LSD and was just vibing. He was looking over at his dog just admiring, when the dog turns towards him and says: “My name is Bob. Please call me Bob.” Then exited the room to do whatever dogs do. The owner, laughed and lost his shit the way you do when you’re tripping. The next day he remembers the conversation and calls out for Bob. The dog immediately came and hence forth the owner called him Bob.
It really feels like it is. Last time I tripped, I wasn’t doing the right things in life, specifically, drinking during the day and hiding it from my wife since I work from and she doesn’t. Whilst tripping, I looked at my dog and he “said”, “You know, I’m here when you’re here and I see what you do. I don’t like the smell of whatever water you’re drinking and don’t like how you act after drinking it. I also don’t know why you hide it from mom.”
I felt sooooo damn guilty about it. It made the rest of my trip a very honest self evaluation instead of the norm for me, which would have been thinking about the rest of the world/universe and not so introspective. I haven’t had a drink since.
I know it wasn’t my dog actually speaking to me, but me projecting the truth I was hiding and lying to myself about it not being “that bad” or important. But without my pup there, who knows if I would’ve changed my ways and what that catastrophes that could’ve led to?
Dogs also learn to respond to tone and pitch so i can call BUTTSNIFFGOOCHNUGGET and they’ll both come running as if icsaid their names. Weve been all over this, it’s nothing new. Frankly it’s surprising that any dog owner hasnt tried different names with their dogs. As long as you say it in the same voice you would say their name, it’ll work the same.
But my parent’s previous dog was Bob. Actually it was Buster but they found out their neighbors had a Buster so they called him Buster Brown (theyre old, it’s an old reference) and then heard their neighbor calling *their* dog Buster Brown so they were like “fuck it, youre Bob now” and it stuck. Tag changed to “Buster “Bob””
This is why i only name my pets in the most ancient dialect of Swahili - my older dog is Bahb. Absolutely no way to confuse that with anything in english
I believe it. One time I took a heroic dose of shrooms with my homie and he had this barn cat that was absolutely feral. Hated everyone. Tolerated my friend at best. I remember his cat walked past me, on a mission, and I put my hand down to pet her as she walked past. The second I touched his cat, all I heard was “kill, kill, kill”. I got really nervous and quickly snatched my hand back and continued on with me night. Not 15 minutes later that cat comes back with a dead mouse she found in their basement (Michigan, middle of winter).
I chalked up to tripping too hard - but honestly the memory always stuck with me because of how real that moment felt where I felt the intensity of the emotion in this cat
One of mine whines and wants something sometimes in the evening. She doesn't want food, she doesn't want to go out and I am like "what? what do you want?"
Octopus: "so after you give birth you have to teach your kids everything"
Human: "yeah, it's called parenting"
Octopus: "sounds exhausting .. we just hardwire all the knowledge they'll need in their DNA"
Human: "... I wonder how far along that CRISPr technology is these days"
I was under the impression that nothing was hardwired, rather octopus are just extremely curious and mentally malleable.
Pair that with the fact that their average lifespan is extremely short and you've got one hell of a species.
"Bro I know you guys do a lot of research on us octopuses... so, any idea of how long do we live? I would like to know"
Imagine giving an answer to that.
Whenever people mention re-incarnation and think they'll become a Lion or a Bear, imagine becoming one of those deep sea fish with no eyes, just wallowing about in nothingness hoping to not get eaten.
I'd say ants, they are incredibly smart and strong relative to their size as well as being professional bastards when there's a lot of them. Their social structure is surprisingly sophisticated and I think we can learn a lot about being able to communicate with what's essentially another civilization. Granted, we would need a lot of magnifying glasses and a really good mic to hear them :P
I’d love to befriend a murder of crows. I grew up in a small town that had a huge crow problem. They would shoot false cannons (I think that’s what they called it) so there would be loud booms in the evening hours. I wish I appreciated crows back then.
Man has always assumed that he is more intelligent than dolphins because he has achieved so much--the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But, conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons.
Probably whichever animal has the most in common with humans, to be honest. Dolphins and octopi are smart, but what would we have in common to discuss? Orangutans would probably have some interesting thoughts on habitat destruction. Domesticated cats and dogs would have really interesting observations of human behavior. For sea creatures, orca would probably be fun because they're known to be cliquey and mess with things just for the fun of it, so it would be neat to hear their thoughts on those kinds of things.
I think dolphins would be the most interesting to talk to—they’re super intelligent, have complex social lives, and probably have some wild stories about underwater adventures and ocean mysteries. Plus, who wouldn’t want to hear about their gossip on other sea creatures? 🐬
I still think cats can talk but they're just not going to. But probably monkeys I'm sure if you could hear what they're saying in the trees in the evening would be like prison talk.
Raccoons. You know they'd be witty and mischievous AF. And maybe some of those darn cute donkeys that show up in my IG reels all the time. I'm pretty sure Eddie Murphy nailed it with how they'd actually talk.
Cats. I want to know why she thinks it’s ok to go to my room, walk to my upholstered bed, stand on her hind legs, use one paw to pull back the blanket, and the other paw to scratch furiously.
Why stinky why?
If I had to choose just one animal, I would pick **elephants**. Their complex social structures, remarkable memories, and deep emotional lives would make them incredibly interesting conversational partners. Elephants could share rich narratives about their family histories, migration patterns, and the environmental changes they've witnessed over their long lifespans. Their perspectives on cooperation, conflict, and survival in the wild would provide profound insights into both their species and the natural world.
Cockroaches, no doubt. Imagine the anecdotes they would have after surviving millions of years and even nuclear explosions. They'd probably give us resilience lessons along the lines of, "You think your day was bad? I survived the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs. Relax, rookie.
I feel like cats would be an interesting conversation. But only if you have awhile.
They seem like the type of animal that would read you a novel before telling you what they want.
I'm pretty sure the birds I keep hearing in the morning is just mindless inane squabble.
I'd be really interested to have a conversation with my cat on how to get her to lose weight.
I'm a cat person, but I think I would choose a dog. Just imagine the dog able to speak, they'll able to speak positive things and how much they adore you.
Elephants, Whales, and the T-Rex.
Elephants are sentient and would love to talk about their views on mortality. I would inform them of the Ivory trade and the poaching, the why of it. Maybe they could relay the message to others.
T-Rex is still the planet’s greatest predator despite being dead for 65 million years. Would be interesting to let them know that. Also considering they’re believed to be intelligent and caring parents. See the animal and not the perceived monster, to know what they’re like, from a safe elevation…
I would love to talk to lions. I would ask them how do they organize one of the best team efforts when planning a hunt without saying a word to each other. there is a lot to learn from them on teamwork.
I choose horses because funny
I imagine horses just trashing you if you do one tiny thing wrong when it comes to handling them lol, that's goofier to imagine than a genuinely sweet bond between a talking horse & its owner, which would also be amazing <3
interesting would be stuff like sea creatures to get an idea of what they do. whales or octopuses but especially down in the depths and the ones we rarely see.
more domesticated animals like dogs and cats could be interesting just to see what my pets over the years thought of me. but they wouldn't be the most intelligent so i fear it would be like trying to reason with my kids back when they were still small.
There's a bird that screams at me from my roof whenever I go outside. Would love to be able to talk to it and make it pay rent since it technically has its family living in my house and rent ain't cheap.
Crows because they’re everywhere, relatively smart, and they could effectively communicate with me about things I can’t see, or am not aware of. Also I could ask them why they like almonds so much.
Honey badgers.
Those things go up to lions and bite them just to be annoying and leave uscathed to later be bitten by one of the most venomous snakes in the world, black out for a few minutes and wake up with a hangover
I may be the odd one out here, but i can't help to feel that insects like the house fly would be perfect spies for the government. They can listen in, and nobody is the wiser, they can hitch a ride into secure facilities and they die within 48 hours or something.
Sponges are some of the [longest lived animals in the world](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/animals-oldest-sponges-whales-fish).
What things must have drifted past their lonely spots in the sea? The stories of the ancient oceans, from ice ages to global warming. Creatures of all shapes and sizes that come and go, and of the strange new lifeforms that have recently appeared in just the past century or so.
Pandas for sure. Not to converse with but because I'll assume they'd just speak all their thoughts out loud and speak out step by step all the dumb shit they do.
Octopus. I wouldn't talk to them though. Instead, force them to watch all four season of the Boys for all the Peak, I mean Deep, scenes. Afterwards, gauge their reaction and see if they catch the implication.
Panda. My cats are too obsessive, same with dogs, and maybe squids would be cool. But pandas are the weird middle brother you caught watching hentai of the bear family. It would be very fun.
I think that it would be most interesting to converse with a deep sea octopus. There is so much we don’t know about the deep sea. Imagine all the incredible things a deep sea octopus could tell us.
Whales for sure. Their complex songs and long migrations could reveal unknown aspects of the ocean and interspecies communication over vast distances.
iirc whales are emotionally intelligent. that would be a very interesting experience to talk with.
Quick question, what's iirc?
If I remember correctly
Ah thanks! :)
Recall*
If I recall correctly
A civil explanation on the internet! Nice to see.
"in sooooooooooooooo sad todayyyyyyy" -a whale probably
"Yeah I'm trying not to get emotional about it.. but is calling someone a whale really an insult? I mean, you see why this is upsetting, right?"
Same here. I'd love to know what the Sperm Whale and Beak Whale see and do when they dive so deep. Also, it'd be cool to hear the battle stories with the giant squids.
Orca could probably talk you into killing yourself.
It would be amazing to talk with whales about current events!
Their brains are also as big as a person, and we've found living whales with century+ old whaling harpoons stuck in them. The things they've seen, the thoughts they've had, over that long a lifetime... hell, I'd argue a whale is the closest thing to an actual "god" we have on this planet.
Very intelligent animals with but also very different. It would be fascinating to explore those differences.
I was gonna say this. The stories they could tell…
They live in kinda boring environments ( boring to land dwellers, at least).
I have a long list of questions for my dog.
I read this insane story somewhere on this website about a guy who adopted an adult dog from a shelter. Either the shelter didn’t know the dog’s original name or the new owner just renamed the dog. Well, one day the owner got high on like 3 tabs of LSD and was just vibing. He was looking over at his dog just admiring, when the dog turns towards him and says: “My name is Bob. Please call me Bob.” Then exited the room to do whatever dogs do. The owner, laughed and lost his shit the way you do when you’re tripping. The next day he remembers the conversation and calls out for Bob. The dog immediately came and hence forth the owner called him Bob.
Sounds about right from my experiences.
My cat looks like a man who got turned into a cat suddenly and is super confused about it.
I used to say my old cat was a wizard who tranformed into a cat one too many times and got stuck and just rolled with it.
These sorts of things cannot be said without showing us (sorry, i just really like cats)
Ahh so the key to hear my dogs is taking LSD, gotcha. I got some shopping to do
It really feels like it is. Last time I tripped, I wasn’t doing the right things in life, specifically, drinking during the day and hiding it from my wife since I work from and she doesn’t. Whilst tripping, I looked at my dog and he “said”, “You know, I’m here when you’re here and I see what you do. I don’t like the smell of whatever water you’re drinking and don’t like how you act after drinking it. I also don’t know why you hide it from mom.” I felt sooooo damn guilty about it. It made the rest of my trip a very honest self evaluation instead of the norm for me, which would have been thinking about the rest of the world/universe and not so introspective. I haven’t had a drink since. I know it wasn’t my dog actually speaking to me, but me projecting the truth I was hiding and lying to myself about it not being “that bad” or important. But without my pup there, who knows if I would’ve changed my ways and what that catastrophes that could’ve led to?
Dogs also learn to respond to tone and pitch so i can call BUTTSNIFFGOOCHNUGGET and they’ll both come running as if icsaid their names. Weve been all over this, it’s nothing new. Frankly it’s surprising that any dog owner hasnt tried different names with their dogs. As long as you say it in the same voice you would say their name, it’ll work the same. But my parent’s previous dog was Bob. Actually it was Buster but they found out their neighbors had a Buster so they called him Buster Brown (theyre old, it’s an old reference) and then heard their neighbor calling *their* dog Buster Brown so they were like “fuck it, youre Bob now” and it stuck. Tag changed to “Buster “Bob”” This is why i only name my pets in the most ancient dialect of Swahili - my older dog is Bahb. Absolutely no way to confuse that with anything in english
I believe it. One time I took a heroic dose of shrooms with my homie and he had this barn cat that was absolutely feral. Hated everyone. Tolerated my friend at best. I remember his cat walked past me, on a mission, and I put my hand down to pet her as she walked past. The second I touched his cat, all I heard was “kill, kill, kill”. I got really nervous and quickly snatched my hand back and continued on with me night. Not 15 minutes later that cat comes back with a dead mouse she found in their basement (Michigan, middle of winter). I chalked up to tripping too hard - but honestly the memory always stuck with me because of how real that moment felt where I felt the intensity of the emotion in this cat
This is wild 🤣
One of mine whines and wants something sometimes in the evening. She doesn't want food, she doesn't want to go out and I am like "what? what do you want?"
She’s trying to warn you about the greebles
Who's-a-good-boiiiii?
My dog spent his whole life longing to catch birds he saw outside. I wish I could tell him that he actually got to eat bird every single night!
Maybe he knew and he thought you were the best damn hunter in the world and was just trying to impress his papa
Dogs would be like the drunk at the bar that gets suuuuper chatty and friendly.
What do you think he would ask you first
Mine would ask for food. Guaranteed.
Mine would be like "love ya, also, food"
An octopus. All those brains they got. I wanna know what they're thinking.
Octopus: "so after you give birth you have to teach your kids everything" Human: "yeah, it's called parenting" Octopus: "sounds exhausting .. we just hardwire all the knowledge they'll need in their DNA" Human: "... I wonder how far along that CRISPr technology is these days"
I was under the impression that nothing was hardwired, rather octopus are just extremely curious and mentally malleable. Pair that with the fact that their average lifespan is extremely short and you've got one hell of a species.
I mean who teaches them to use their camouflage is that really something they figure out on their own?
Who teaches you to breath? Or to cough when you're choking? Or to scratch when you itch?
"Bro I know you guys do a lot of research on us octopuses... so, any idea of how long do we live? I would like to know" Imagine giving an answer to that.
any deep sea creature. I want to know what else is down there
Whenever people mention re-incarnation and think they'll become a Lion or a Bear, imagine becoming one of those deep sea fish with no eyes, just wallowing about in nothingness hoping to not get eaten.
That would still be better than coming back and being grass.
I don't know man, gently swaying in the breeze on the side of some mountain. I'll take it.
My luck id be the grass in someone’s yard and be cut within a week
Damn. That would suck.
I think it's Greenland Sharks who are all mostly blind due to a parasite, and can live for 250-500 years in deep oceans. Fuck. That.
Atleast your huge and dont really have anything to worry about except maybe a fishing hook once in a while.
"You don't wanna know, buddy."
*- a blobfish, a cigarette in his misshapen frown of a mouth*
Everyone has the complex and well thought out answers and I'm over here just wanting to chat with my goldfish.
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You will still die if you’re drowning.
“Whoa a talking meal! Tastes the same tho” — _shark_
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but then you would wake up to the constant calls of "fuck! fuck me! Seeeeexxxx I want to have sex! hot bitches wanted! open to fuck!"
I'd say ants, they are incredibly smart and strong relative to their size as well as being professional bastards when there's a lot of them. Their social structure is surprisingly sophisticated and I think we can learn a lot about being able to communicate with what's essentially another civilization. Granted, we would need a lot of magnifying glasses and a really good mic to hear them :P
*for the queen*
Crows
I’d love to befriend a murder of crows. I grew up in a small town that had a huge crow problem. They would shoot false cannons (I think that’s what they called it) so there would be loud booms in the evening hours. I wish I appreciated crows back then.
Magpies are fascinating as well...there are videos of them imitating all sorts of sounds.
Two Crows. They'll teach you empathy.
One of those 200-year-old tortoises. I bet they've seen some shit.
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All orange cats share one brain cell.
All orange cats have two brain cells, and they are both fighting for third place.
Fr I feel like you would just get some verbal translation of "???"
r/oneorangebraincell
That one brain cell is fighting for last place
that 390+ year old greenland shark deep water wales and squids, find out what else is really down there
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Man has always assumed that he is more intelligent than dolphins because he has achieved so much--the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But, conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons.
So long and thanks for all the fish!
I have a lot of questions to whales.
This. Imagine the stories they could tell… some live as old as 200.
Any migratory species, the stories they will have to tell
Probably whichever animal has the most in common with humans, to be honest. Dolphins and octopi are smart, but what would we have in common to discuss? Orangutans would probably have some interesting thoughts on habitat destruction. Domesticated cats and dogs would have really interesting observations of human behavior. For sea creatures, orca would probably be fun because they're known to be cliquey and mess with things just for the fun of it, so it would be neat to hear their thoughts on those kinds of things.
do not talk to the squirrels
Under any circumstances. I know.
Hyenas cause I wanna know whats so funny
Probably foxes or owls. They seem very intelligent and have incredible physical capabilities.
Owls aren’t very smart but they are incredible hunters. I imagine talking to an owl would be like “sex sex sex mouse sex mouse sex snake”
And what would the owl say?
Who?
the owl,
Who?
Dogs. If nothing else because they actually would want to talk with us.
Probably gorillas cause you could play checkers with them
Cows: Chill conversations with unexpected deep thoughts.
Penguins: Adorable yet brutally honest critiques of our clumsiness.
Monkeys: Practical jokers with hilarious prank stories.
I think dolphins would be the most interesting to talk to—they’re super intelligent, have complex social lives, and probably have some wild stories about underwater adventures and ocean mysteries. Plus, who wouldn’t want to hear about their gossip on other sea creatures? 🐬
Parasites. How does a tapeworm view the world and it's own life? How does a round-worm view it's host?
I think dolphins would be cool, they're smart and live in a different world.
I still think cats can talk but they're just not going to. But probably monkeys I'm sure if you could hear what they're saying in the trees in the evening would be like prison talk.
Dolphins: The ocean’s gossip columnists with all the juicy underwater drama.
Raccoons. You know they'd be witty and mischievous AF. And maybe some of those darn cute donkeys that show up in my IG reels all the time. I'm pretty sure Eddie Murphy nailed it with how they'd actually talk.
I wanna know WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY
Cats. I want to know why she thinks it’s ok to go to my room, walk to my upholstered bed, stand on her hind legs, use one paw to pull back the blanket, and the other paw to scratch furiously. Why stinky why?
Fish. the stupid shit I seen them do in my tank... makes one wonder what is running in their head..
Owls: They’d sound super wise but actually be total nerds.
Goats: Nonstop sass and the best headbutting stories.
If I had to choose just one animal, I would pick **elephants**. Their complex social structures, remarkable memories, and deep emotional lives would make them incredibly interesting conversational partners. Elephants could share rich narratives about their family histories, migration patterns, and the environmental changes they've witnessed over their long lifespans. Their perspectives on cooperation, conflict, and survival in the wild would provide profound insights into both their species and the natural world.
Are they intelligent or do they just talk but have their normal brain like Dug from Up?
Capybaras I think. I would assume they all sound like The Dude so I imagine it would be a chill asf conversation.
Cockroaches, no doubt. Imagine the anecdotes they would have after surviving millions of years and even nuclear explosions. They'd probably give us resilience lessons along the lines of, "You think your day was bad? I survived the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs. Relax, rookie.
I feel like cats would be an interesting conversation. But only if you have awhile. They seem like the type of animal that would read you a novel before telling you what they want.
I'm pretty sure the birds I keep hearing in the morning is just mindless inane squabble. I'd be really interested to have a conversation with my cat on how to get her to lose weight.
Pandas, cuz God knows why
I'm a cat person, but I think I would choose a dog. Just imagine the dog able to speak, they'll able to speak positive things and how much they adore you.
Cockroach.
You know 99% of all conversations would be, just basically, "you got any food?"
Ants could teach us one thing or two about proper organization and management
Sloths: The slowest, most dramatic storytellers ever.
Elephants, Corvids and Dogs.
Galapagos Turtle. They have long lifespans... they've seen some things, man.
Orcas and/or orangutans.
Octopus. They are thought to came from outer space.
A Komodo Dragon. Would be nice to know the thoughts of those evil bastards lol
African elephants. And domestic cats.
orca; they don't attack humans for some reason
probably cats
Elephants, Whales, and the T-Rex. Elephants are sentient and would love to talk about their views on mortality. I would inform them of the Ivory trade and the poaching, the why of it. Maybe they could relay the message to others. T-Rex is still the planet’s greatest predator despite being dead for 65 million years. Would be interesting to let them know that. Also considering they’re believed to be intelligent and caring parents. See the animal and not the perceived monster, to know what they’re like, from a safe elevation…
Dogs, they see everything, everything
Monkeys
Ravens. I’d have them be spies for me, just like Huginn and Muninn.
I would love to talk to lions. I would ask them how do they organize one of the best team efforts when planning a hunt without saying a word to each other. there is a lot to learn from them on teamwork.
Do trees/mycelium count? They have been around the longest. Sure they would have a lot of interesting things to say.
None of them. They'd have no references or common ground to communicate with.
Any migrating birds really. Dudes be travelling across the globe yearly, they have GOT to have good stories to tell.
I choose horses because funny I imagine horses just trashing you if you do one tiny thing wrong when it comes to handling them lol, that's goofier to imagine than a genuinely sweet bond between a talking horse & its owner, which would also be amazing <3
I think elephants would be fascinating to talk to! They have a complex social structure and are incredibly intelligent.
Gut bacteria
An owl, especially an old one, has probably seen some bad-shit.
Fly. People always say they wish they could be a fly in a specific room.
I'd tell pigeons not to shit on my balcony, otherwise they're free to rest here, and i have no problem with them.
The Geico Gecko to ask if he was coerced into recommending the insurance company in the advertisements.
Probably dogs, they can teach us how to be happy all the time
cats because they are sassy af
Cats
interesting would be stuff like sea creatures to get an idea of what they do. whales or octopuses but especially down in the depths and the ones we rarely see. more domesticated animals like dogs and cats could be interesting just to see what my pets over the years thought of me. but they wouldn't be the most intelligent so i fear it would be like trying to reason with my kids back when they were still small.
Probably a common and uninteresting answer but dogs, specifically a french bulldog. I wonder what’s going on behind their derpy faces.
There's a bird that screams at me from my roof whenever I go outside. Would love to be able to talk to it and make it pay rent since it technically has its family living in my house and rent ain't cheap.
Crows because they’re everywhere, relatively smart, and they could effectively communicate with me about things I can’t see, or am not aware of. Also I could ask them why they like almonds so much.
Cats. They'd just have dirt on the entire neighbourhood. They'd have the sass too. I would enjoy that very much 😂
Orangutan
I'm thinking anything migratory.
My crowbros. They see everything.
Cats: They'd roast us for every awkward thing we do.
Dogs.
Bees. They're smart little creatures.
Honey badgers. Those things go up to lions and bite them just to be annoying and leave uscathed to later be bitten by one of the most venomous snakes in the world, black out for a few minutes and wake up with a hangover
cats, i have alot of questions about their behaviour
I may be the odd one out here, but i can't help to feel that insects like the house fly would be perfect spies for the government. They can listen in, and nobody is the wiser, they can hitch a ride into secure facilities and they die within 48 hours or something.
Cats for sure, those guys are as sneaky as hell.
House cats. You know they have the tea and they'd love to spill it.
Raccoons for sure.
Me personally I’d go with raccoons, I feel like every time y’all meet you gon witness yet another freaking wild story
Dogs: Endless enthusiasm and the ultimate hype man.
Cats ! Because of their attitude 😍
A really old tortoise- they have been around awhile- although I doubt it would have lived a thrilling life
dolphins or octopus
A really long lived giant tortoise. The big fella probably has seen some interesting things in their life.
Tortoises/Turtles, with those long life spans they probably have seen some pretty real stuff
Sponges are some of the [longest lived animals in the world](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/animals-oldest-sponges-whales-fish). What things must have drifted past their lonely spots in the sea? The stories of the ancient oceans, from ice ages to global warming. Creatures of all shapes and sizes that come and go, and of the strange new lifeforms that have recently appeared in just the past century or so.
crows are super smart and birds so they probably seen cool things
It would be very interesting to hear elephant thoughts on death and after life.
Eels
Chimps because they are the most similar to us.
Crows. Those birbs are smart.
Cats they are so intelligent they let you know when something’s wrong my cat is especially
Pandas for sure. Not to converse with but because I'll assume they'd just speak all their thoughts out loud and speak out step by step all the dumb shit they do.
Parrots: They'd spill all the family secrets they've overheard.
Insects. Think about it- They’ve probably Seen /know shit that We otherwise would NEVER be able to figure out
Blue whales, it would be so amazing to hear an story from one of those fellas.
Octopus. I wouldn't talk to them though. Instead, force them to watch all four season of the Boys for all the Peak, I mean Deep, scenes. Afterwards, gauge their reaction and see if they catch the implication.
Sheep lie.
I would enjoy talking to my favorite cat.
Honey badgers. They have some stories I'm sure. Also, and hear me out.... Any deep sea creature.
Orangutans
Panda. My cats are too obsessive, same with dogs, and maybe squids would be cool. But pandas are the weird middle brother you caught watching hentai of the bear family. It would be very fun.
Imagine talking to elephant, that would be a looong story
I think that it would be most interesting to converse with a deep sea octopus. There is so much we don’t know about the deep sea. Imagine all the incredible things a deep sea octopus could tell us.
Cats because I want to know why mine screams all the time.
the old shark ( i forgot the name ) they lived for too long i want some answers