WHICH ANIMAL WOULD YOU COMPARE YOURSELF TO, AND WHY?

At first, I thought it was a trivial question.
Almost ironic. One of those questions people ask out of habit.

Then I stopped and reflected.

And I realized it was not trivial at all.

During a two-hour walk along the sea, I kept thinking about what my answer should contain.

My first instinct was to choose one animal.

But I could not find one.

Then an intuitive flash arrived.

I would not want to be one animal.

I would want to be all of them.

To enter the entire animal world and experience every role.

Only then could I truly begin to understand that world — a world that existed long before humans.

I would observe their behaviors, their habits, their ways of living.

Even their own forms of culture.

And by understanding them better, I might also understand something more about humans —
a species rich in words but often poor in action.

Every one of those animals would surely leave something with me.

And some of the more curious ones might even ask me a question:

“Why do humans do so many wrong things?”

And at that moment, I would struggle to answer.

Because I would have to explain that many mistakes made by adults
begin much earlier.

They begin with the way mothers raise their children.

I will not add more.

Long posts are useless.

Almost nobody reads them.

And I am not looking to be appreciated.

I only want to be recognized for my thoughts.

Nando