You're an Animorph...What Animals Do You Actually Have Access too?

[Chad32]

My mom's cats, my friend's dogs and birds... flies, spiders, ants, various other insects... There's a horse barn relatively close to my friend's house where her mom spends a lot of time, so it wouldn't be completely weird for me to show up there...

Yeah, that kind of covers it, actually.

Ants? Did you just say ants!? You would even attempt morphing ants after reading book 5 or 9?

[Stephquiem]

The title says what animals do I actually have access to. Ants are animals I have access to.

[Chad32]

Just being comically overdramatic there. 

[Stephquiem]

Whatever.

[Cobra (Gymn)]

I have a dog and a rat. I'd acquire those first and then try for a bird. I'm not sure how I'd get one. I could go to a pet store. While there I'd get a scorpion and a turtle (For swimming) and a ferret. I can think of a pet store with all of those. Then I'd head to Brookfield Zoo (preferably at night and get some other morphs like a goose. I could maybe get a few other morphs but security would be hard. I'd try for a hippo (causes the most human deaths in Africa) and rhino. Maybe I could get a puma or something. Also a kangaroo. Fast and those legs can pack a punch.

[NateSean]

See, the beauty of geese is that I grew up in a town where there is a pond frequented by geese and ducks. They're so used to people feeding them that they'll just walk right up to you. Of course, Vermont is also a big hunting area, so Yeerks not withstanding, I wouldn't want to morph anything that is considered game.

Skunks are another common animals in most towns really. If you don't startle it right away you can actually get close enough to touch it without making it want to spray. Walk into a meeting of Yeerks and spray several high ranking controllers. They'd be out of commission for a while.

[Estelore]

Assorted cats and dogs, chickens, large pony, goats, ducks, frogs, crickets and grasshoppers, spiders, flies, fleas, ****roaches, rabbits if I visit some relatives...

...and as a cat I'm sure I could get access to any songbirds I'd want.

Beyond that, I'd probably just go to the Treehouse Wildlife Center in Brighton, where I've volunteered before, and see if I can get hooked up with peregrines, bald and golden eagles, pumas, bobcats, and coyotes.  They have a pelican and a whole mess of deer; I might morph the pelican for kicks.

Combat morphs? Hmn. I figure polar bear or tiger would be most to my taste, but the nearest ones are in St. Louis zoo.

[TobiasMasonPark]

     Honestly, I think I would acquire and morph everything and anything within five feet of me

     As for flight and battle morphs, I'd have to take a trip to a zoo downtown, which isn't very far, actually. I haven't been there in YEARS, though, so I don't know what animals they have.
     

[Kelly]

In my area...dogs, cats, foxes, dingos, kangaroos, koalas, birds, lizards, snakes...I think there's a zoo about an hour away with lions though. Oh and there's an emu farm nearby haha

[NateSean]

Emu farms are big in parts of the States too. Not sure how useful they'd be for battle. I'd almost prefer a fully grown Ostrich. Those things are nasty fighters and there are people who raise ostriches for meat and leather.

Speaking of birds, in my home State and very accessible is this handy little organization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Institute_of_Natural_Science

[MoppingBear]

1: Acquire goose or duck
2: Fly to a nearbyish area with access to animals I need.

Though, there are two zoos where I live, one of which does have some touch cages and stuff, though I haven't been in a long time so I don't know what I'd be able to get my hands on.

[goom]

um... 2 dogs, various insects, and geckos. (we even have a green anole in the yard somewhere.)
maybe a squirrel if i could catch it.

[Phoenix004]

I have access to quite a lot of animals, since I work at a zoo. However, none of them would really be ideal in a combat situation, as we're a small zoo and don't have larger predatory animals like big cats. I could always travel to zoos that do have them, but I still wouldn't be able to stroke a Tiger without risking serious injury, even if I could somehow sneak into the enclosures.

Including the animals I work with, domesticated animals and animals at other locations I could easily get access to:

Dog, cat, hamster, mouse, rat, chipmunk, squirrel, rabbit, guinea pig, horse, cow, sheep, pig, reindeer, goat, variety of birds (including certain birds of prey and owls), variety of small fish, frog, toad, snake (non-venomous), tarantula, scorpion, salamander, skink, green anole, snail (regular and giant), locust, stick insect, ****roach, fly, ant, caterpillar, butterfly, terrapin, praying mantis, assassin bug, lemur, giraffe, emu, wallaby, meerkat, monkey, iguana, chameleon, etc.

I might be forgetting a few. Like I said, most of the animals I work with are small. The only battle worthy animal I could get access to without serious risk would probably be a rhino. They have them at a zoo not far from here and I could probably reach out and touch one without entering the enclosure.

[TobiasMasonPark]

I have access to quite a lot of animals, since I work at a zoo. However, none of them would really be ideal in a combat situation, as we're a small zoo and don't have larger predatory animals like big cats. I could always travel to zoos that do have them, but I still wouldn't be able to stroke a Tiger without risking serious injury, even if I could somehow sneak into the enclosures.

Including the animals I work with, domesticated animals and animals at other locations I could easily get access to:

Dog, cat, hamster, mouse, rat, chipmunk, squirrel, rabbit, guinea pig, horse, cow, sheep, pig, reindeer, goat, variety of birds (including certain birds of prey and owls), variety of small fish, frog, toad, snake (non-venomous), tarantula, scorpion, salamander, skink, green anole, snail (regular and giant), locust, stick insect, ****roach, fly, ant, caterpillar, butterfly, terrapin, praying mantis, assassin bug, lemur, giraffe, emu, wallaby, meerkat, monkey, iguana, chameleon, etc.

     It's probably none of my business, but I was wondering if the Animorphs had any influence in your chosen profession. Or were you sure that you'd be working with animals at a young age?
I might be forgetting a few. Like I said, most of the animals I work with are small. The only battle worthy animal I could get access to without serious risk would probably be a rhino. They have them at a zoo not far from here and I could probably reach out and touch one without entering the enclosure.

[tobiasthehawk]

Dogs, cats, rats, quite a few insects...

I guess I could go sneak into the local zoo and pick up some of the more dangerous stuff. (They have a wonderful tiger exhibit there.)

I could see myself also picking up a bird of prey morph from the local park which has a center for bigger birds and the study of them! I guess I would not be so helpless now that I think about it. Hehe