Interesting question Vertebrae!

I'd definitely want to come back as an animal owned by someone in our household or the members have met in the 'Pets' PC forum for the care of their critters. I admire all animals but not everyone revers and values them the same, caring for them and preserving their environment in the wild and domestically.

I especially admire dogs, horses, and tigers/lions, equally, so one of these:

-Dogs for the ability to unconditionally love, sensitivity, agility, and resilience.
-Horses for being majestic, a powerful athlete yet so graceful, their speed and sensitivity, a natural pack critter, and desire to please.
-Tiger /Lion for being majestic as well, a loner (Tiger) or pack animal (Lion), able to fend for themselves, ability to blend in nature, incredible power with agility, the females nurturing sides, incredible abilities to swim and run yet knowing when it is time to nap, protective natures, and resilience and adaptation to an ever changing and shrinking environment.

I would love to be able to have all of these qualities.... may I always unconditionally love, be sensitive, be graceful, agile, able to fit-in at times with a group but independent enough to stand on my own, be able to fend for myself with independence while not losing my nurturing side, know when it is time to keep going and when it is time to rest, and be resilient and adaptable to changes that come my way. I can only hope to achieve these things in my own life.

Things to learn from the critters.