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I killed myself (no surprise there, I would expect "me" to come last) but then I ATE Mr. T?! But, but... that's just not even right. Then I got rid of the kids (very surprised at that one, I would have expected them to be last or next to last), only to feed my career to my friends (I'm guessing I got fired because an apocalypse would probably cause some massive layoffs and then one of my friends benefitted from my lost position). That was fun, but I think it read me all wrong!

@Irene; Other than kids also can become troublesome when they reach sexual maturity

@Honeybear; Yeah. I was thinking rabbit= small and useless other than as meat and fur. I'm pretty sure Mr. T would be sad if I told him I thought he was small and useless.

Tiger: Your Self
Monkey: Child(ren)
Rabbit: Lover
Dog: Friends
Cow: Money / Career

This definitely not a reflection of my priorities. The most important things to me are the ones I ditched first. Money/Career would be the lowest... but I thought this was an apocalyptic world and I wanted to keep the cow for milk.

This was my list:

Rabbit: Lover
Monkey: Children
Cow: Money/Career
Dog: Friends
Tiger: Self

Interesting!

I made things in that order because I assumed these animals would be loyal to me and that was the order in which I felt like everything would be most useful. The rabbit and monkey provided the least amount of meat when they died, so I wouldn't want that to be my sustenance later on in the game. I wouldn't want the cow to die too early because it is a TON of meat, which would spoil quickly, and I'd want that for when supplies were scarce and tiger, dog, and I needed the energy to soldier on. The dog would be a good hunter and companion, so that was important to keep around for a long time. I kept the tiger to the end because that would provide the best defense against zombies/other humans/other predators and be the most meat (besides the cow) whenever it had to die.

As for what the animals represent, I'm sure it could be argued that the list works for me. I do put a lot of emphasis and work into maintaining my friendships (even after they are long dead and buried, and I should just stop). I'm curious as to why the rabbit and monkey represent lover and children. I have no intentions of leaving my spouse or child in the apocalypse! In fact, DH would be an incredibly valuable ally to have. He's well versed in survival methods and has a good mind for that type of scenario.

Very interesting topic! Is there a way to read more about how/why the different animals represent the topics that they do?

Agreed that most of us kept animals in order based on food and protection.

Mine was and why I chose such:

Rabbit - smallest and a quick meal.
Tiger - Scary, could attack me and my other main food source.
Monkey - I actually wanted to keep monkey as the last one, but DH reminded me of the scary monkey that jumped and hissed at me once on vacation. But had he not swayed me, it's accurate that my child would be last!
Dog - loyal companion, of course.
Cow - assumed it could provide milk, and later, meat.

I definitely would move up DH and child! I don't even work right now, so unless we're calling my SAHM being my career, then it wouldn't even count? I think size of animals made a big difference in order. If all the animals were relatively the same size, it might be more accurate. I.e. Chicken, instead of Cow.

Mine was:

Tiger
Cow
Rabbit
Monkey
Dog

So I gave up:

Myself
My career/money
Lover
Children
and lastly friends.

Definitely not accurate!

Now that i know monkey = children my answer of Monkey - "could do without the poop throwing" seems incredibly apt.

The order I chose: tiger (so it doesn't eat me), monkey (seems like a pita to take care of compared to the others), rabbit (what would I do with it?) dog, cow (food source!)

I think I did it wrong. Lol

I think my answers match me pretty well.

I disposed of my *self* first - which sounds about right.
Then I lost money/career - which isn't very important to me.
Then I ditched romantic love.
Then I sacrificed my own children so as not to lose companionship - which is the big driver for me in life.

Good test!