– real-life animals i feel a connection to, through symbolism, behaviour, appearance, and/or aesthetics

• butterflies & moths (lepidoptera)
  • death's-head hawkmoth (acherontia)
  • golden sun moth (synemon plana)
  • peacock butterfly (aglais io)
  • vampire moth (calyptra minuticornis)
• cat (felis catus)
• fox (vulpes vulpes)
• horseshoe crab (xiphosura)
• loon (gavia immer)
• mallard (anas platyrhynchos)
• mantid (mantodea)
  • orchid mantis (hymenopus coronatus)
  • spiny flower mantis (pseudocreobotra wahlbergi)
• mourning dove (zenaida macroura)
• ray (batomorphi)
  • giant oceanic manta ray (mobula birostris)
  • shark ray (rhina ancylostoma)
• snails & slugs (gastropoda)
  • garden snail (cornu aspersum)
  • spanish slug (arion vulgaris)
• tardigrade
• whale shark (rhincodon typus)
• whooper swan (cygnus cygnus)
• wolf (canis lupus lupus)