Things You Would Have Turned David into Other than a Rat

[TobiasMasonPark]

     I always wondered what would have happened if the Animorphs had trapped David as something else. Obviously nothing too powerful, or anything that would be able to walk into the Yeerk pool and say: "Yo. I gots some information for ya'll."

     Feel free to include pictures of what you think they should have turned him into--especially if some of us have never heard of them before.

     Feel free to think up creatures better or worse than his rat form.

     If they had access to the Mariana's Trench (not the band, obviously), I'd have them acquire, morph, and dump him there as this:

     http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5xbgm68Jk1qzruoyo1_400.jpg

     Not only would he be far, far away from humans, and prey to much bigger fish, but he'd go mad in the deepest, darkest depths of the ocean. Suddenly the rat doesn't seem so awful.

[Cloak]

God, I swear that's a real-life Pokemon. Sorry, a little tired.

What about a gnat? In a frog-infested swamp?

[Falco tinnunculus]

What about a gnat? In a frog-infested swamp?

A thing that can fly is always the WORST idea,I think.

[redtailedsaffa]

Yeah, which is why I wouldn't turn him into the most omnipresent species here - the crow. I was thinking more on the lines of a small, flying insect. A flea, maybe. Or a mosquito. , turn him into a mosquito and drop him off in India - there'll be enough annoyed people armed with the skill of swatting the little buzzers. (And then #48 wouldn't have happened, lol. )

[Cloak]

Saffa, have you ever tried to kill a flea? It's not an easy task as they're damn near indestructible. He'd be able to escape rather easily, considering how easily fleas can go unnoticed.

How about . . . um . . . oh, a male deep-sea anglerfish?

[redtailedsaffa]

I think we discussed that in the Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts thread, actually.

[TobiasMasonPark]

     ^Actually where I got inspiration for this thread.

     How about this:

     http://cdn.twentytwowords.com/wp-content/uploads/Extremely-ugly-animals-Naked-Mole-Rat.jpg

[MoppingBear]

ya'll realize they didnt want him dead right?

[redtailedsaffa]

That's why I suggested flea. Like Cloaky said, near-impossible to kill.

[Aluminator (Kit)]

How long does a flea live?

[RYTX]

not long, but really, they aren't that hard to kill: roll them a bit between your fingers. If that doesn't kill em, it's as good as: breaks all their legs, they get stuck were you drop them and they starve. Last even less long

[esplin]

Turning a rat into a rat has some sweet justice to it.  I think that what they did was the perfect option really.  It might have been nicer to turn him into some sort of jungle animal and drop him off in South America.  Way too much work though.  I think killing him would have been the best thing to do.

[Chad32]

Assuming I wouldn't have shown mercy and just killed him, I'd have him turned into something short lived. Probably an insect. Still, I think that's about the worst thing you could do to a person.

[ko ko]

as ugly as that naked mole rat may seem, they are actually evolutionary wonders...

i am thinking a caecilian would have been a hideous alternative to the rat

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/caecilians-the-other-amphibian/

[TobiasMasonPark]

Turning a rat into a rat has some sweet justice to it.  I think that what they did was the perfect option really.  It might have been nicer to turn him into some sort of jungle animal and drop him off in South America.  Way too much work though.  I think killing him would have been the best thing to do.

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