Act Like an Animal
If you want to play animals with your friends, you can learn the basics about lots of different kinds. Learn to pretend to be a walking animal, a flying animal, or a swimming animal!
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Acting Like a Walking Animal
- Prowl and sniff like a dog. Dogs are great friends and fun to impersonate. If you want to do a dog impression, here are the basics:
- Get down on all fours.
- Wag your "tail" back and forth a lot.
- Pant with your tongue out.
- Walk around and sniff things really fast.
- Eat a snack out of a bowl on the floor.
- Perk up your ears like you just heard something, or saw a cat.
- Chase toys, balls, and sticks.
- Stretch and clean like a cat. Cats are funny and quiet creatures. Sometimes it's hard to tell what they're thinking. If you want to behave like your favorite cat, here's how:
- Get down on your hands and knees, or stay on your two feet.
- Prowl around, walking very slowly and making careful steps.
- Bat toys, string, and other things back and forth between your hands.
- Meow and hiss.
- Eat a snack out of a bowl on the floor.
- Roll around on the floor and stretch your back really big.
- Rub your chin on the corners of things.
- Tilt your head sideways and stare hard at things.
- Dig your "claws" into the carpet.
- Pretend to lick the side of your hand, then clean your face.
- Gallop like a horse. Horses are beautiful and majestic creatures that lots of kids love. If you want to pretend to be a horse, try this out:
- Walk around on your hands and knees, and make a clopping noise as you go.
- Wear a belt like a saddle, or throw a blanket over your back.
- Make a whiny sound, like a horse makes.
- Comb your hair all to one side, like a horse's mane.
- Eat a sugar cube or a carrot.
- Collect acorns and snack like a squirrel. Squirrels are funny little creatures that you see in your backyard collecting nuts and acorns for the winter. Here are the parts of a good squirrel impression:
- Run around on your two feet. Squirrels need to be fast.
- Look back and forth very quickly. Squirrels are very defensive animals.
- Always be on the lookout for cats.
- Pretend you're always nibbling something, making little squeaky noises.
- Collect little things, like acorns or sticks from the backyard. Store them in a pile outside.
- Inspect things very closely between your palms before you eat them.
- Trumpet your trunk like an elephant. An elephant never forgets! If you want to pretend to be this big friendly clomper, try doing this:
- Walk on your hands and feet, not your knees.
- Stick one arm out in front of your face like your trunk.
- Put your lips together and blow, making a squeaky elephant sound.
- Spit water out of you mouth. Outside of course.
- Feed yourself lettuce and vegetables with your "trunk."
- Get together with other elephants and stampede.
- Watch out for mice and bees.
- Roar and eat honey like a bear. Bears are the kings of the forest. If you want to be a bear, try this:
- Walk around on all fours, but stand up and beat on your chest when you're angry.
- Growl around.
- Use your paws to dig around for things and hunt for snacks.
- Climb trees. Bears are excellent climbers.
- Fight other bears over your territory.
- Use your front paws to swipe and grab.
- Go back to your bear den (a fort of blankets and pillows) when you're tired.
- Take a long nap to hibernate during winter.
- For a bear snack, eat some fish and some honey.
- Stomp around like a t-rex. T-Rex was the king of the dinosaurs! Tyrannosaurus Rex walked around on two feet, but with very short arms. If you want to pretend to be one:
- Walk around on your two feet, keep your arms tucked in and your hands under your armpits. You can't extend your arms.
- Take big steps. T-rex was a big animal.
- Get some friends to be other dinos, too. Chase them. You're the king.
- Roar when other dinosaurs come close.
- Use your big teeth for defense.
- Guard your nest with your baby eggs in it. T-rex was very territorial.
- Eat meat for your snack. T-rex was a carnivore.
- Move slow like a sloth. Sloths are the nappers of the jungle. They're super-cute and super-slow. If you want to be a sloth:
- Move very slowly. Very. Slowly.
- Close your eyes almost all the way and grin. That's a good sloth face.
- Put all your fingers together and use each hand like a little hook.
- Take very slow bites of fruits, like a banana or an apple.
- Hang from your arms on the jungle gym. Move very slowly.
- Hug your mom and don't let go. Sloths are huggers.
- Nap for a long time.
Acting Like a Flying Animal
- Sing and peck like a little song bird. Birds are a pleasure to be around. If you want to
- Hop around on two feet, like a little bird does.
- Sing pretty melodies. Learn a real bird song, and sing that.
- Bathe yourself in a little bowl, like a bird bath. Shake off the water.
- Fly around the yard (running), flapping your wings very fast.
- Peck at your food fast. Eat little bites of nuts, raisins, or old crusty bread.
- Soar and hunt like an eagle or hawk. Eagles are hunters, and they're smart and very large birds that are magnificent to watch. If you want to pretend to be an eagle:
- Build a nest on a tall perch for your eggs. Use blankets or twigs.
- Climb up somewhere high and look down over everything. Eagle's like to have the right positioning.
- Keep a look out for prey, like rodents and little brothers.
- Circle around above your prey and wait for it to make a mistake.
- Swoop down and make the kill when the time is right.
- Lead with your talons, which are sharp claws on the feet.
- Make a "screech" sound like an eagle's cry.
- Feed your babies back at your nest.
- Squawk like a chicken. Chickens are one of the most important parts of any barnyard. They make eggs and help to eat weeds. They're fun to pretend to be, too:
- Hold your arms by your sides like the T-Rex
- Flap your arms up and down to look like wings
- Take long funny strides, like you've been riding a horse.
- Move your neck forward and back as you walk, like a chicken does.
- Make a little nest in the yard of sticks and grass.
- Lay an egg and protect it, or pretend a little ball is your egg and sit on it.
- Make little "buck-buck" "buck-buck" sounds, like chickens.
- You could also be a rooster and crow in the early morning to trumpet the day.
- Eat some corn, some oatmeal, or some green vegetables for a snack.
Acting Like a Swimming Animal
- Make songs like a whale. If you're swimming, it's hard to beat pretending to be a big majestic whale. They're spectacular animals:
- Swim deep under the water and stay under for as long as you can, then surface.
- Blow water out of your spout.
- Make "moo" sounds in the back of your throat while you're under water.
- Move very slowly.
- Eat green vegetables, and shrimp when it's time for a snack. Whales eat kelp and krill.
- Play like a dolphin. Dolphins are smart and silly animals, that are a whole lot of fun. They're fast swimmers and friendly creatures:
- Pop your head out of the water and say, "Ah-ah-ah-ah" like you're laughing.
- Bop things with your nose.
- Always be smiling and playing.
- Blow water out of your spout.
- Jump out of the water and do tricks.
- Eat fish for a snack.
- Crack open shells like an otter. Otters are mammals that live on land, but they're one of the best swimmers in the water, too:
- Swim very fast with your head poking out of the water. Otters are sleek and quick.
- Swim on your back, or float there while you eat a snack.
- Get up and run out onto the land.
- Float on your back and lock arms with another otter to take a nap.
- Hunt like a shark. Sharks don't have to be scary. They're thoughtful swimmers and great hunters. If you want to be a shark:
- Stick your hand on top of your head, and stick it out of the water while you swim, like a fin.
- Find a weak creature (your little brother) to target.
- Stalk it from far away, moving around it in slow circles that get closer and closer.
- Swim very fast toward it when you strike with your big teeth.
- Eat some meat or fish. Sharks can smell blood a mile away.
- Never stop moving. Sharks must move to get oxygen through their gills. They have to move to stay alive.
Tips
- Try going to an animal reserve and sitting in the woods for awhile.
- You will need to do some Use Research Sources on wikiHow on your animal.
- Don't pay attention to humans talking, but seem to understand the "speech" of the animal you are impersonating.
Warnings
- Be careful if you do eat dog or cat food, some are known to be contaminated.
- You may get fired from your job or be required to leave school grounds if you act like an animal full-time, so when it's time for work/school, start acting dumb again.
- Humans will think you are a freak.
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