idk just a random scenario stuck in my head
- You retain all intelligence.
- You must have confirmation yourself that your message reached the president.
- You can’t pick human as your animal.
- The president as referring to Joe Biden. Other country presidents are accepted though.
I’d think any kind of endangered animal, to ensure I’m not killed for sport or something, but also big enough to not be anythings food. Elephant maybe or bear? From there, it’s easy, since I’d be able to kinda write as both of those, start writing messages. If I’m in the wild, go to a camp area or trail humans use a lot, leave messages everywhere until someone records me writing them. At that point, I’m sure some kind of government scientist would want to know why and how I know English. Then tell them I want to talk to the president as I’m actually an alien.
Do I turn back that moment? If so this is gonna be awkward, but I also just turned from an animal to a human… so maybe it would add to my alien story.-
Does the president have to understand the message, or just receive it?
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Do I know how to use the animal’s skills (e.g. flying) instinct without learning?
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Is my fight or flight response the same as for human me, or do I inherit that from the animal also? (E.g. as a cat am I terrified of dogs?)
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Can the message be rude? Because if so, hornet.
I was thinking pigeon, but I suppose yours works too…
Why would you want to turn back?
Great ape.
Learn sign language.Planet of the Humans
Couldn’t you just draw in the sand with a stick? I think if there’s an ape who’s fluent in English handwriting that would make it to the news pretty fast.
Id become a bird. Id fly around for the rest of my life.
Wait why was I a bird again?
My country’s president is clearly heading towards dementia. I’d be a crow, they can just speak, so I’d simply fly to him and tell him. He’d probably believe me, no questions asked.
I’d become a loving purring cat and would look for a household that would treat me like I treat my cats right now. They’re the 1% of the animal kingdom, might as well get the animal life I won’t ever get as a human. Not even trying once to do the president quest.
I’d a plane counts as an animal then I’ve got some towers to find
Your comment is really not as smart as you may have thought it was
Just wait for the second comment
Much smarter, but still in poor taste
So dumb.
Dog. Go around being surprisingly helpful to people, become famous, visit President, write message very clumsily with a pencil in my mouth, sell rights to movie, profit.
Raccoon. Live new life as trash panda, never turn back.
I’d be the President’s dog. And then I’d just need to get their attention at that point, so I’ll keep biting his secret service agents until finally they start to wonder what’s up. It shouldn’t take more than 3 or 4 bites for people to realize I’m trying to send a message, right?
Or you find out where Fort Rainbow Bridge is after one.
The joke is the president’s dog has already bitten dozens of agents.
I guess my current events detox is working to some degree.
Parrot, probably the African Grey. Because you can talk. Being a talking bird with a heck of a vocabulary asking to get a message to the president is probably going to get the White House social media office’s attention, and maybe then the president.
Kinda cheating, but that would probably work.
OP said you retain your own intelligence, so I don’t see why a parrot would be any better than any animal with lips and vocal chords that could theoretically support humanlike speech.
oh but that’s basically only humans. our mouths are one of our fairly unique features.
Humans and birds. Crows can speak too apparently.
I guess falcon or an eagle or a hawk. Since I get to retain my intelligence it is my one and only opportunity to truly fly.
Dragon. I think at that point any message I give him is going to be heard so I’m gonna take my sweet time and once I get a bit more bored I’m gonna fly over the WH roaring “hey Joe, it’s genocide!”.
