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Asuras
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Animals (seemingly) naturally gravitate towards me, whatever they are. I've got some sort of demeanor that makes animals extremely comfortable around me, and I rarely come into contact with an animal (that isn't naturally wary, but even then there's exceptions) that is scared or aggressive with me. A few examples:
-At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a particular stingray exhibit has had me baffled by this characteristic of mine. The shallow pool they're in is meant to allow visitors to reach out and pet them as they swim on by, but their interest is very low in the visitors. The stingrays swim past them apathetically. Whenever I visit that pool and reach out, nearly all of the stingrays present flock over to my hand and quite literally try to swim up to me over the wall.
-I've worked at dog shelters numerous times, especially at a certain annual fairground exhibit in which the local dog shelter brings some available dogs for adoption. In every single case I ended up being the center of attention, despite there being several other volunteers and employees present. Most of the time they're brand new dogs too.
-I'm not quite sure if London naturally possesses people-friendly squirrels, but they didn't really seem inclined to get near others. In any case, while visiting London parks I always end up attracting the attention of 1 or 2 squirrels who aren't afraid to run up to me even as I'm walking.
-I visited an aviary at one point in the past, though I'm not sure when. Attending as a group with other students, nearly all of the birds of prey we saw were quite fond of hissing at us. When I stood back and observed a certain owl while the rest of the group went ahead, the owl didn't seem inclined to hiss at me in particular. Similarly, at my university we have bi-monthly museum exhibits with varying subjects, one of which being birds of prey. Upon attending, I was treated to holding a kestrel for a little bit. The original handlers noted he actually seemed quite calm around me, despite being normally skittish.
-At one point during university, I had the company of a crow during lunch outside, alone. I gave him a few bites of my burrito and he stayed for awhile, standing on my very table.
-While lifeguarding on a hot day, three yellow jackets, all at once, decided to land on my exposed arm. They chilled there, walking around for a good 45 minutes even as I shifted seats 3 times. I was never stung, and eventually they flew away.
Not quite a skill, I suppose, but brag-worthy nonetheless. :3
I'm also obscenely and naturally good at first person shooters. I rarely pick one up and fail to kick ass within minutes of trying multiplayer, no matter the opposition.
-At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a particular stingray exhibit has had me baffled by this characteristic of mine. The shallow pool they're in is meant to allow visitors to reach out and pet them as they swim on by, but their interest is very low in the visitors. The stingrays swim past them apathetically. Whenever I visit that pool and reach out, nearly all of the stingrays present flock over to my hand and quite literally try to swim up to me over the wall.
-I've worked at dog shelters numerous times, especially at a certain annual fairground exhibit in which the local dog shelter brings some available dogs for adoption. In every single case I ended up being the center of attention, despite there being several other volunteers and employees present. Most of the time they're brand new dogs too.
-I'm not quite sure if London naturally possesses people-friendly squirrels, but they didn't really seem inclined to get near others. In any case, while visiting London parks I always end up attracting the attention of 1 or 2 squirrels who aren't afraid to run up to me even as I'm walking.
-I visited an aviary at one point in the past, though I'm not sure when. Attending as a group with other students, nearly all of the birds of prey we saw were quite fond of hissing at us. When I stood back and observed a certain owl while the rest of the group went ahead, the owl didn't seem inclined to hiss at me in particular. Similarly, at my university we have bi-monthly museum exhibits with varying subjects, one of which being birds of prey. Upon attending, I was treated to holding a kestrel for a little bit. The original handlers noted he actually seemed quite calm around me, despite being normally skittish.
-At one point during university, I had the company of a crow during lunch outside, alone. I gave him a few bites of my burrito and he stayed for awhile, standing on my very table.
-While lifeguarding on a hot day, three yellow jackets, all at once, decided to land on my exposed arm. They chilled there, walking around for a good 45 minutes even as I shifted seats 3 times. I was never stung, and eventually they flew away.
Not quite a skill, I suppose, but brag-worthy nonetheless. :3
I'm also obscenely and naturally good at first person shooters. I rarely pick one up and fail to kick ass within minutes of trying multiplayer, no matter the opposition.
