Out of ten, and then write a few sentences about one of your favourite animals. Or plants. Or fungi, or protists, or bacteria, or archaeans, or fuck it let's give viroids an honorary inclusion. Posting numerous times is allowed so long as you pick a different thing every time.

Over the past few days I've fallen in love with the Australian Ibis. It's technically a waterbird, but flocks of them have become urbanised where I live, and despite how big they are (turkey size) they're not particularly shy around humans- Whole families of them chill out around ponds, parks and landfills. I see them flying overhead alone or in groups pretty often, and they move around with a weirdly deliberate grace. Also aesthetically speaking they're basically living proof that Death once had an affair with an angel.