It also happens to be a favourite animal for ethological experiments.

My question is What is your favourite animal and why?

It's all a bit of whimsy, isn't it - voting for your favourite animals?

My favourite animal is probably a baby chimp or monkey, because I really want one as a pet but they're illegal in this country!

Hopefully something meaningful, a Chinese character, or maybe a dolphin, since that's my favourite animal.

Her favourite animal becomes the whale as she studies about them to try and bring her mother out of the coma.

My favourite animal of all time, if I had to choose, would be dogs.

Steve gets up close and personal with a group of his favourite animals - wolves.

Speaking about the issue she said: "Elephants are one of my favourite animals and I love them.

Cats were the favourite animal of the prophet Mohammed.