Thank you very much for the kind words! To answer your questions...
I have cats! I did some volunteer work for a shelter for a few years, and long story short, I now have a house full of kitties. I can be slightly misanthropic in my personal life outside of situations where it's necessary to play the social butterfly, but with cats I've always felt such a sense of joy and comfort with having them around and taking care of them. I've had cats from the time I was born until now, approximately 450 years later!
As a kid, I had a few hermit crabs along with my mom's kitties. I actually really enjoyed taking care of them, and watching them move shells was the absolute coolest. One of them would come completely out of his shell at night and skitter around in his tank like a little track star. He was always my favorite!
My favorite animal would have to be (shocker!) cats. I also really like squirrels, bats, vultures, hummingbirds, and I absolutely love bumblebees if that counts.
And since you got me talking about my bears, here's a couple of Ivy and Oni messing around with Snapchat filters and one more of Oni doin' what Oni does: