Question: whats your favorite animal

Rebecca Shaw answered on 20 Nov 2019:

This is a tough one!

Based on interactions, I would be stuck between penguins and elephants. I have worked really closely with both these animals and have some amazing memories of both! I worked with elephants in South Africa and made friends with a male bull called Selati (we literally made friends, he would give me sticks as presents when he seen me).
I worked with penguins in Edinburgh zoo and was around for their breeding season. That was special because I got to watch all these little penguin chicks hatch and watch them grow. They were smelly wee things, but super fluuffy!

For science cool facts, my favourite animal is a microscopic one called a tardigrade. Also known as waterbears because they can live in water and under the microscope they kinda look like bears with fat rolls. They are extremophiles and can live literally anywhere and in any environment. -200 degrees yep sure they survive. 328 degrees yep sure they’re fine. On the moon? Totally fine.